Who's Your Paddy?: Racial Expectations and the Struggle for Irish American Identity (Nation of Nations, 20)

After All The Green Beer Has Been Poured And The Ubiquitous Shamrocks Fade Away, What Does It Mean To Be Irish American Besides St. Patrick's Day? Who's Your Paddy Traces The Evolution Of Irish As A Race-based Identity In The U.s. From The 19th Century To The Present Day. Exploring How The Irish Have Been And Continue To Be Socialized Around Race, Jennifer Nugent Duffy Argues That Irish Identity Must Be Understood Within The Context Of Generational Tensions Between Different Waves Of Irish Immigrants As Well As The Irish Community's Interaction With Other Racial Minorities. Using Historic And Ethnographic Research, Duffy Sifts Through The Many Racial, Class, And Gendered Dimensions Of Irish-american Identity By Examining Three Distinct Irish Cohorts In Greater New York: Assimilated Descendants Of Nineteenth-century Immigrants; White Flighters Who Immigrated To Postwar America And Fled Places Like The Bronx For White Suburbs Like Yonkers In The 1960s And 1970s; And The Newer, Largely Undocumented Migrants Who Began To Arrive In The 1990s. What Results Is A Portrait Of Irishness As A Dynamic, Complex Force In The History Of American Racial Consciousness, Pertinent Not Only To Contemporary Immigration Debates But Also To The Larger Questions Of What It Means To Belong, What It Means To Be American. Jennifer Nugent Duffy Is Associate Professor Of History At Western Connecticut State University In Danbury, Connecticut. -- Introduction: Who's Your Paddy? Irish Immigrant Generations In Greater New York -- From City Of Hills To City Of Vision: The History Of Yonkers, New York -- Good Paddies And Bad Paddies: The Evolution Of Irishness As A Race-based Tradition In The United States -- Bar Wars: Irish Bar Politics In Neoliberal Ireland And Neoliberal Yonkers -- They're Just Like Us: Good Paddies And Everyday Irish Racial Expectations -- Bad Paddies Talk Back -- Paddy And Paddiette Go To Washington: Race And Transnational Immigration Politics. Jennifer Nugent Duffy. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 247-290) And Index. La 4ème de couv. indique : "After all the green beer has been poured and the ubiquitous shamrocks fade away, what does it mean to be Irish American besides St. Patrick's Day? Who's Your Paddy traces the evolution of "Irish" as a race-based identity in the U.S. from the 19th century to the present day. Exploring how the Irish have been and continue to be socialized around race, Jennifer Nugent Duffy argues that Irish identity must be understood within the context of generational tensions between different waves of Irish immigrants as well as the Irish community's interaction with other racial minorities. Using historic and ethnographic research, Duffy sifts through the many racial, class, and gendered dimensions of Irish-American identity by examining three distinct Irish cohorts in Greater New York: assimilated descendants of nineteenth-century immigrants; "white flighters" who immigrated to postwar America and fled places like the Bronx for white suburbs like Yonkers in the 1960s and 1970s; and the newer, largely undocumented migrants who began to arrive in the 1990s. What results is a portrait of Irishness as a dynamic, complex force in the history of American racial consciousness, pertinent not only to contemporary immigration debates but also to the larger questions of what it means to belong, what it means to be American. Jennifer Nugent Duffy is Associate Professor of History at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut." "After all the green beer has been poured and the ubiquitous shamrocks fade away, what does it mean to be Irish American besides St. Patrick's Day? Who's Your Paddy traces the evolution of "Irish" as a race-based identity in the U.S. from the 19th century to the present day. Exploring how the Irish have been and continue to be socialized around race, Jennifer Nugent Duffy argues that Irish identity must be understood within the context of generational tensions between different waves of Irish immigrants as well as the Irish community's interaction with other racial minorities. Using historic and ethnographic research, Duffy sifts through the many racial, class, and gendered dimensions of Irish-American identity by examining three distinct Irish cohorts in Greater New York: assimilated descendants of nineteenth-century immigrants; "white flighters" who immigrated to postwar America and fled places like the Bronx for white suburbs like Yonkers in the 1960s and 1970s; and the newer, largely undocumented migrants who began to arrive in the 1990s. What results is a portrait of Irishness as a dynamic, complex force in the history of American racial consciousness, pertinent not only to contemporary immigration debates but also to the larger questions of what it means to belong, what it means to be American. Jennifer Nugent Duffy is Associate Professor of History at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. 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Paddy and Paddiette Go to Washington: Race and Transnational Immigration Politics 210 Conclusion: To Belong 250 Notes 256 Index 300 A 300 B 300 C 301 D 301 E 301 F 302 G 302 H 302 I 302 J 304 K 304 L 304 M 305 N 305 O 306 P 306 Q 306 R 306 S 307 T 308 U 308 V 308 W 308 Y 309 Z 309 About the Author 310 Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction: Who’s Your Paddy? Irish Immigrant Generations in Greater New York......Page 10 1. From City of Hills to City of Vision: The History of Yonkers, New York......Page 24 2. Good Paddies and Bad Paddies: The Evolution of Irishness as a Race-Based Tradition in the United States......Page 58 3. Bar Wars: Irish Bar Politics in Neoliberal Ireland and Neoliberal Yonkers......Page 98 4. They’re Just Like Us: Good Paddies and Everyday Irish Racial Expectations......Page 132 5. Bad Paddies Talk Back......Page 176 6. Paddy and Paddiette Go to Washington: Race and Transnational Immigration Politics......Page 210 Conclusion: To Belong......Page 250 Notes......Page 256 B......Page 300 E......Page 301 I......Page 302 L......Page 304 N......Page 305 R......Page 306 S......Page 307 W......Page 308 Z......Page 309 About the Author......Page 310