Opens a new window on the shifting meanings of Irishness over the twentieth century, by looking at a range of works that have never before been considered as a distinct body of literature. Opening with celebrity memoirs from athletes like boxer John L. Sullivan and ballplayer Connie Mack--written wh...

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1. Verfasser:	Rogers, James ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, D.C. The Catholic University of America Press [2016]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Autobiografische Literatur Iren Identität > Motiv Iren > Motiv Einwanderer Ausgrenzung > Motiv USA American prose literature / Irish American authors / History and criticism Irish Americans / Biography / History and criticism Autobiography / Irish American authors Irish Americans / Ethnic identity Criticism, interpretation, etc
Zusammenfassung:	Opens a new window on the shifting meanings of Irishness over the twentieth century, by looking at a range of works that have never before been considered as a distinct body of literature. Opening with celebrity memoirs from athletes like boxer John L. Sullivan and ballplayer Connie Mack--written when the Irish were eager to put their raffish origins behind them--later chapters trace the many tensions, often unspoken, registered by Irish Americans who've told their life stories. New York saloonkeepers and South Boston step dancers set themselves against the larger culture, setting a pattern of being on the outside looking in. Even the classic 1950s TV comedy The Honeymooners speaks to the urban Irish origins, and the poignant sense of exclusion felt by its creator Jackie Gleason. Catholicism, so key to the identity of earlier generations of Irish Americans, has also evolved. One chapter looks at the painful diffidence of priest autobiographers, and others reveal how traditional Irish Catholic ideas of the guardian angel and pilgrimage have evolved and stayed potent down to our own time. --From publisher description
Beschreibung:	184 Seiten 22 cm
ISBN:	9780813229188