What can the life writing of post-famine Irish immigrants tell us about Irish diasporic memory?
Of Memory and the Misplaced considers the endurance and nature of Irish American memory across the twentieth century. Guided by 30 memoirs written between 1900 and 1970, Sarah O'Brien shows the prevalence of intimate and taboo themes in ordinary immigrants' writing, such as domestic violence, same-sex love, and famine-induced trauma. Importantly, Of Memory and the Misplaced critiques the role of the Irish landscape as a site of memory and shows how the interiority of the domestic world has provided Irish women with the language needed to reclaim their own lives.
Combining literary and historical theory, Of Memory and the Misplaced highlights voices that have traditionally been silenced and offers a rare and unexplored collection of primary source autobiographical texts to better understand the experiences of Irish immigrants in the United States.
| ISBN: | 9780253067883 |
| Publication date: | 4th January 2024 |
| Author: | Sarah OBrien |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 344 pages |
| Series: | Irish Culture, Memory, Place |
| Genres: |
Anthologies: general Migration, immigration and emigration Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology) European history |
What can the life writing of post-famine Irish immigrants tell us about Irish diasporic memory?
Of Memory and the Misplaced considers the endurance and nature of Irish American memory across the twentieth century. Guided by 30 memoirs written between 1900 and 1970, Sarah O'Brien shows the prevalence of intimate and taboo themes in ordinary immigrants' writing, such as domestic violence, same-sex love, and famine-induced trauma. Importantly, Of Memory and the Misplaced critiques the role of the Irish landscape as a site of memory and shows how the interiority of the domestic world has provided Irish women with the language needed to reclaim their own lives.
Combining literary and historical theory, Of Memory and the Misplaced highlights voices that have traditionally been silenced and offers a rare and unexplored collection of primary source autobiographical texts to better understand the experiences of Irish immigrants in the United States.
Of Memory and the Misplaced features in the following genres: Anthologies: general, Migration, immigration and emigration, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), European history
Of Memory and the Misplaced is available in Paperback, Hardback
Of Memory and the Misplaced was written by Sarah OBrien and published by Indiana University Press
Of Memory and the Misplaced has 344 pages
Yes it is part of Irish Culture, Memory, Place series