Constructions of the Irish Child in the Independence Period, 1910-1940 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)

This volume explores how Irish children were 'constructed' by various actors including the state, youth organisations, authors and publishers in the period before and after Ireland gained independence in 1922. It examines the broad variety of ways in which the Irish child was constructed through social and cultural activities like education, sport, youth organizations, and cultural production such as literature, toys, and clothes, covering themes ranging from gender, religion and social class, to the broader politics of identity, citizenship, and nation-building. A variety of ideals and ideologies, some of them conflicting, competed to inform how children were constructed by the adults who looked on them as embodying the future of the nation. Contributors ask fundamental questions about how children were constructed as part of the idealisation of the state before its formation, and the consolidation of the state after its foundation.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
Release date:	2019
First published:	2018
Editors:	Ciara Boylan • Ciara Gallagher
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	317
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-006525-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-03-006525-1
Barcode:	9783030065256

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