Locked in the Family Cell - Gender, Sexuality, and Political Agency in Irish National Discourse (Hardcover)

"Locked in the Family Cell" is the first book on Ireland to provide a sustained and interdisciplinary analysis of gender, sexuality, nationalism, the public and private spheres, and the relationship between these categories of analysis and action. Kathryn Conrad examines the writers and activists who are resistant to simplistic nationalist constructions of Ireland and its subjects. She exposes the assumptions and the effects of national discourses in Ireland and their reliance on a limited and limiting vision of the family: the heterosexual family cell.
By actively situating theoretical readings and concerns in practice, Conrad follows the lead of scholars such as Lauren Berlant, Gloria Anzaldua, Ailbhe Smyth, and others who have encouraged dialogue not only among scholars in different academic disciplines but between scholars and activists. In doing so she provides not only a critique of interest to scholars in a variety of fields but also a productive political intervention.

General

Imprint:	University of Wisconsin Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Irish Studies in Literature and Culture
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	June 2004
Authors:	Kathryn Conrad • Michael Patrick Gillespie
Dimensions:	162 x 240 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	273
ISBN-13:	978-0-299-19650-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-299-19650-X
Barcode:	9780299196509

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