Gender, Ireland and cultural change
Subtitle: race, sex and nation
By: by Gerardine Meaney.
Series: Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature -- 13
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780415957908; 9780203859582
Subjects: English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Feminism and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century; Nationalism and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century; Nationalism and feminism -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century; Race in literature; Sex role in literature; National characteristics, Irish, in literature; Ireland -- In literature; Ireland -- In popular culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Race, women and nation: Virgin mother Ireland; Landscapes of desire: women and Ireland in twentieth century film; Feminisms, nationalisms and identities: gender and dissent; title: Part II. Writing, bodies, canons: Modernism and the gender of writing; Haunting James Joyce: invisible bodies; Sons of Cuchulainn: violence, the family, and the Irish canon; title: Part III. Race, masculinity and popular culture: Devil's own patriot games: the troubles and the Hollywood action movie; Masculinity and ethnicity: the wire and rescue me; Undercover Irishman: extimating national anxiety.