The Irish-American Experience in New Jersey and Metropolitan New York - Cultural Identity, Hybridity, and Commemoration (Hardcover)

This book is a collection of nine essays exploring the Irish-American experience in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area, both historically and today. The essays place the local Irish-American experience in the wider context of immigration studies, assimilation, and historical theory. Using case studies, interviews, scholarly research in primary historical documents and theory, and first-hand experience, the authors delve into what it has meant, and means, to be Irish American in the New Jersey and New York area, projecting what this ethnic identity will signify in years to come. Representing a variety of scholarly and professional disciplines, from archivists; to historians; to lawyers; to scholars of literature and theology; the authors share their own unique perspectives on the significance of the contributions of Irish-Americans to American life in various arenas. Each chapter is interdisciplinary, revealing the interconnections among cultural history, biography, contemporary events, and literary appreciation. It is through these intersections of disciplines, of past and present, of individual and community, that we can best analyze and appreciate the ways that Irish-Americans have shaped life in the New Jersey/New York area over the past two centuries.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	November 2013
Editors:	Marta Deyrup • Maura Grace Harrington
Contributors:	Linda Dowling Almeida • Nicole Anderson • Augustine J Curley • Alan DeLozier • Brendan Dolan • Paul Ferris • Maura Grace Harrington • Ray O'Hanlon
Dimensions:	237 x 158 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	214
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-8781-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-7391-8781-3
Barcode:	9780739187814

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