Linguistic Diasporas, Narrative and Performance The Irish in Argenti
This book explores the present-day Irish Diaspora in Argentina, using oral narrative and a sociolinguistic theoretical framework to draw out the features that define contemporary Hiberno-Argentine identity. The author analyzes the spoken memories an
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Sarah O’Brien
Linguistic Diasporas, Narrative and Performance “Based primarily on scores of interviews, this book masterfully blends Irish migration studies with oral history and social linguistics. The result is a powerful analysis of changing ethnic identities among members of an Irish diaspora community which, unlike the Irish in the United States, was unique in its location in a non-English-speaking country and therefore historically privileged in its linguistic and cultural affinity to the British imperial and capitalist forces that long dominated Argentina and yet which ironically had first subjugated Ireland and instigated its mass migrations. O’Brien sensitively explores these and other ironies and contradictions in this very important and often deeply moving book.” —Kerby A. Miller, Curators’ Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri, USA
Sarah O'Brien
Linguistic Diasporas, Narrative and Performance The Irish in Argentina
Sarah O’Brien Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
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Acknowledgments
The research and writing of this book underwent a long period of gestation, during which I was kept afloat by the advice and direction of many colleagues and friends. I am especially indebted to Kerby Miller, Edmundo Murray, Juan José Delaney, Laura Izarra, former colleagues in Mary Immaculate College and Northern New Mexico Coll
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