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Moynihan, Sinéad.

"Other people's diasporas" : negotiating race in contemporary Irish and Irish American culture / Sinéad Moynihan. - First edition. - viii, 242 pages ; 24 cm. ; cased. - Irish studies . - Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.) .

CW808

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index.

Introduction: Other people's diasporas -- Crossing the black and green Atlantics: Joseph O'Connor's fictions of Irish America -- "Maybe it was Riverdance": Roddy Doyle's fictions of multicultural Ireland -- Paying the race card: Staging immigration in Irish and Irish American drama -- Stand(ing) up for the immigrants: The work of comedian Des Bishop -- To hell's kitchen and back: Migration between Ireland and America in contemporary cinema -- Epilogue: The departees?

ISBN: 0815633106 9780815633105

LCCN: 2013003859

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Irish Americans--Intellectual life
Race in literature.
Race in motion pictures.
Immigrants in literature.
Immigrants in motion pictures.
Whites--Race identity--Ireland
Blacks--Race identity--Ireland
Irish Americans--Race identity
African Americans--Race identity
Cultural studies
United States of America, USA
Ethnic studies

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ireland--Intellectual life.

Dewey Class. No.: 820.935509415