Irish Diasporic Narratives in Argentina: A Reconsideration of Home, Identity and

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This book analyses how notions of departure, home, identity and return are articulated in the narratives of the Irish diaspora community in Argentina in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It argues that their writings contribute to a rich and nuanced reimagining of the Irish emigrant identity.

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Departure from Ireland has long occupied a contradictory position in Irish national discourse, alternately viewed as exile or betrayal. This book analyses how departure, as well as notions of home, identity and return, is articulated in the narratives of three members of the Irish diaspora community in Argentina: John Brabazon's journal The Customs and Habits of the Country of Buenos Ayres from the year 1845 by John Brabazon and His Own Adventures; William Bulfin's series of sketches for The Southern Cross newspaper, later published as Tales of the Pampas (1900) and Rambles in Eirinn (1907); and Kathleen Nevin's fictional memoir, You'll Never Go Back (1946). The book examines the extent to which each writer upholds or contests hegemonic constructions of Irishness, as well as exploring how they negotiate the dual identity of emigrant and potential returnee. Each of the three writers, to varying degrees, challenges the orthodox positionings of the Irish diaspora subject as backward-looking and the Irish emigrant as bound to the national territory.Furthermore, they construct multiple subject positions and contradictory notions of Irishness: national, essentialist and homogeneous versus transnational, diverse and plural. Ultimately, their writings contribute to a rich and nuanced reimagining of the Irish emigrant identity.

Author Biography

Sinead Wall (1973-2016) was a senior lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Westminster, London. She completed her doctoral thesis at University College London and her principal research interests were in the cultural expressions of Irish migration to Latin America, and travel writing.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Setting the Scene: Irish Diasporic Voices in Argentina - Irish Roots/Routes in Latin America - Missionaries, Soldiers and Settlers - The Road to Argentina - Unsettling Notions of Home, Return and Identity - John Brabazon: Mediating and Contesting Identity - William Bulfin: Extending the Boundaries of Irishness - Kathleen Nevin: (En)Gendering Diaspora and the "Tainted" Returnee.

Details ISBN1906165661 Pages 282 Publisher Peter Lang Ltd Series Reimagining Ireland Year 2017 ISBN-10 1906165661 ISBN-13 9781906165666 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-02-28 Imprint Peter Lang Ltd Subtitle A Reconsideration of Home, Identity and Belonging Place of Publication Witney Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 982.0049162 Short Title Irish Diasporic Narratives in Argentina Language English Series Number 81 UK Release Date 2017-02-28 AU Release Date 2017-02-28 NZ Release Date 2017-02-28 Author Eamon Maher Edition Description New edition Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations 2 Illustrations We've got this

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