Irish women writers speak out
Subtitle: voices from the field
By: Caitriona Moloney & Helen Thompson ; with a foreword by Ann Owens Weekes.
Contributors: Thompson, Helen, 1966-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Irish studies; Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Women and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Novelists, Irish -- 20th century -- Interviews.; Women authors, Irish -- Interviews.; Women -- Ireland -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Brings together in one volume the diverse and marvelously articulate voices of seventeen Irish and Irish-American women writers. Caitriona Moloney and Helen Thompson's interviews examine the complicated maps of experience that these women's public, private, and literary lives represent, particularly as they engage with both feminism and postcolonialism. Acknowledging Mary Robinson's revised view of Irish identity as global rather than insular, this work recognizes the importance of identity as a site of mobility. The interviews reveal how complex the terms "feminism" and "postcolonialism" are; they examine how the individual writers see their identities constructed and/or mediated by sexuality. Between the interviews, the authors trace common themes of female agency, violence, generational conflicts, migration, emigration, religion, and politics to name a few. The collection testifies to the lively and diverse nature of contemporary Irish women's literature, and it explodes myths about Irish women and Irishness in general.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: Evelyn Conlon; title: Miriam Dunne; title: Catherine Dunne; title: Anne Enright; title: Jennifer Johnston; title: Liz McManus; title: Clir n Aonghusa; title: Ils n Dhuibhne; title: Mary O'Donnell; title: Ivy Bannister; title: Catherine Brady; title: Emma Donoghue; title: Lia Mills; title: Valerie Miner; title: Edna O'Brien; title: Kate O'Riordan; title: Maura Stanton.