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Rethinking the Irish in the American South : Beyond Rounders and Reelers /
Studies of the Irish presence in America have tended to look to the main corridors of emigration, and hence outside the American South. Yet the Irish constituted a significant minority in the region. Indeed, the Irish fascination expresses itself in Southern context in powerful, but disparate, regis...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2013.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Studies of the Irish presence in America have tended to look to the main corridors of emigration, and hence outside the American South. Yet the Irish constituted a significant minority in the region. Indeed, the Irish fascination expresses itself in Southern context in powerful, but disparate, registers: music, literature, and often, a sense of shared heritage. Rethinking the Irish in the South aims to create a readable, thorough introduction to the subject, establishing new ground for areas of inquiry. These essays offer a revisionist critique of the Irish in the South, calling. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781621039525 |