188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is about the future: Ireland’s future and feminism’s future, approached from a moment that has recently passed. The Celtic Tiger (circa 1995-2008) was a time of extraordinary and radical change, in which Ireland’s economic, demographic, and social structures underwent significant alteration. Conceptions of the future are powerfully prevalent in women’s cultural production in the... Read more
Introduction: Feminism, futurity, and the Celtic Tiger 1. Interrogating the Subject: Alienation in Irish postmodernity 2. ‘The Promise of Her’: Celtic Tiger Girls and connective-selfhood 3. Time Machines and Nomadic Travelling: Past and present post/modernities 4. ‘Narratives of Voyage’: Restricted mobilities, migrancy, and the Celtic Tiger imaginary Conclusion
Biography
Claire Bracken is an associate professor in the English Department at Union College, New York, USA. Her publications focus on Irish literature and culture, post-feminism, feminist criticism, and women's writing.
