An Anthropology of the Irish in Belgium
Belonging, Identity and Community in Europe
Authors: O’Dubhghaill, Sean
Free Preview- A unique anthropological frame that privileges individual experiences of Irish diasporic identity
- Examines “Irishness” as related to and distinct from “Europeanness”
- Probes questions of authenticity, language, geography, culture, mobility, gender, and identity
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- About this book
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The first anthropological account of the Irish diaspora in Europe in the 21st century, this book provides a culture-centric examination of the Irish diaspora. Focusing less on an abstract or technical definition of Irish self-identification, the author allows members of this group to speak through vignettes and interview excerpts, providing an anthropological lens that allows the reader to enter a frame of self-reference. This book therefore provides architecture to understand how diasporic communities might understand their own identities in a new way and how they might reconsider the role played by mobility in changing expressions of identity. Providing firsthand, experiential and narrative insight into the Irish diaspora in Europe, this volume promises to contribute an anthropological perspective to historical accounts of the Irish overseas, theoretical works in Irish studies, and sociological examinations of Irish identity and diaspora.
- About the authors
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Sean O’Dubhghaill is an affiliated researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium, where he teaches Anthropology of Travel and researches European identity with respect to the Irish diaspora.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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The Irish Community at Home and Abroad
Pages 1-22
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Identity Politics, Belonging and Europe
Pages 23-55
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The Irish in Brussels: Culture, Language, Politics, Belonging
Pages 57-92
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Placing the Irish Diaspora in Place and Time in Europe
Pages 93-123
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Non-Irish, Irish Speakers Among the Irish Community in Belgium
Pages 125-153
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- An Anthropology of the Irish in Belgium
- Book Subtitle
- Belonging, Identity and Community in Europe
- Authors
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- Sean O’Dubhghaill
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-24147-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-24147-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-24146-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 209
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
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