Ireland's Others: Ethnicity and Gender in Irish Literature and Popular Culture (Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays and Monographs)

Ireland's Others is a collection of essays by noted literary and cultural critic Elizabeth Butler Cullingford. In this volume, Cullingford assesses attempts by Irish writers to reverse hostile colonial stereotypes by creating analogies between their situations and those of other oppressed people. She analyzes the political costs and benefits of these analogies, and considers the plight of "others" within Ireland, including women, gays, travelers, and abused children. Cullingford illuminates the connection between gender, sexuality, and national identity by comparing modern Irish literature with contemporary Irish and American popular culture. Exploring the work of Boucicault, Shaw, Friel, Jordan, McGuinness, and others, she considers the impact of globalization on Irish culture. Half title Series page Title page Copyright Dedication page CONTENTS List of Illustrations ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION PART ONE: ‘ACTING THE ENGLISHMAN' THE STAGE ENGLISHMAN OF THE IRISH DRAMA DECENT CHAPS 'THERE'S MANY A GOOD HEART BEATS UNDER A KHAKI TUNIC' 'BRITS BEHAVING BADLY' PART TWO: CARTHAGINIANS OR COWBOYS: ANALOGY, IDENTITY, AMBIGUITY ROMANS AND CARTHAGINIANS PHOENICIAN GENEALOGIES AND ORIENTAL GEOGRAPHIES 'JOHN WAYNE FAN OR DANCES WITH WOLVES REVISIONIST?' PART THREE: REVIEWING LITERARY AND POLITICAL CANONS READING YEATS IN POPULAR CULTURE DISCREDITING DE VALERA SEAMUS AND SINEAD NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Richard Kearney considers it 'unwise for anyone today to speak about the 'national question' without also stating where he/she is speaking from' (Post-nationalist 1).