Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity: Celtic Soul Brothers by Lauren Onkey

Description: Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity by Lauren Onkey Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity analyzes the long history of imagined and real relationships between the Irish and African-Americans. Onkey examines how Irish and Irish-American identity is often constructed through or against African-Americans, mapping this through the work of writers, playwrights, political activists, and musicians. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity analyzes the long history of imagined and real relationships between the Irish and African-Americans since the mid-nineteenth century in popular culture and literature. Irish writers and political activists have often claimed - and thereby created - a "black" identity to explain their experience with colonialism in Ireland and revere African-Americans as a source of spiritual and sexual vitality. Irish-Americans often resisted this identification so as to make a place for themselves in the U.S. However, their representation of an Irish-American identity pivots on a distinction between Irish-Americans and African-Americans. Lauren Onkey argues that one of the most consistent tropes in the assertion of Irish and Irish-American identity is constructed through or against African-Americans, and she maps that trope in the work of writers Roddy Doyle, James Farrell, Bernard MacLaverty, John Boyle OReilly, and Jimmy Breslin; playwright Ned Harrigan; political activists Bernadette Devlin and Tom Hayden; and musicians Van Morrison, U2, and Black 47. Author Biography Lauren Onkey is Vice President of Education and Public Programs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Previously she taught literature and cultural studies at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She has published numerous essays on Irish cultural studies and popular music. Table of Contents 1. Introduction: "Arent We a Little White for That Kind of Thing?" 2. "A Representative Americanized Irishman": John Boyle OReilly 3. Melees 4. Bernadettes Legacy 5. Ray Charles on Hyndford Street: Van Morrisons Caledonian Soul 6. Born Under a Bad Sign. Conclusion: Micks for OBamagh. Details ISBN0415653673 Author Lauren Onkey Short Title BLACKNESS & TRANSATLANTIC IRIS Language English ISBN-10 0415653673 ISBN-13 9780415653671 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2012 Imprint Routledge Subtitle Celtic Soul Brothers Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Affiliation Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, USA AU Release Date 2012-07-11 NZ Release Date 2012-07-11 UK Release Date 2012-07-11 Pages 234 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity Publication Date 2012-07-11 Alternative 9780415801898 DEWEY 305.800973 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134426035;

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