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Auteur(s) : Moynihan, Sinéad
Titre(s) : Ireland, migration and return migration [Texte imprimé] : the 'returned Yank' in the cultural imagination, 1952 to the present / Sinéad Moynihan
Publication : Liverpool (GB) : Liverpool university press, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (vii, 274 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Liverpool English texts and studies ; 73
Lien à la collection : Liverpool English texts and studies
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index
Drawing on historical, literary and cultural studies perspectives, this book examines
the phenomenon of the "Returned Yank" in the cultural imagination, taking as its point
of departure the most exhaustively discussed Returned Yank narrative, The Quiet Man
(dir. John Ford, 1952). Often dismissed as a figure that embodies the sentimentality
and nostalgia of Irish America writ large, this study argues that the Returned Yank's
role in the Irish cultural imagination is much more varied and complex than this simplistic
construction allows. Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, s/he
has been widely discussed in broadcast and print media, and depicted in plays, novels,
short stories and films. The imagined figure of the Returned Yank has been the driving
impetus behind some of Ireland's most well-known touristic endeavours and festivals.
In the form of U.S. Presidential visits, s/he has repeatedly been the catalyst for
questions surrounding Irish identity. Most significantly, s/he has been mobilised
as an arbiter in one of the most important debates in post-Independence Ireland: should
Ireland remain a "traditional" society or should it seek to modernise? His/her repeated
appearances in Irish literature and culture after 1952 - in remarkably heterogeneous,
often very sophisticated ways - refute claims of the "aesthetic caution" of Irish
writers, dramatists and filmmakers responding to the tradition/modernity debate
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : 'Returned Yank' in the cultural imagination, 1952 to the
present
Sujet(s) : The quiet man (film)
Américains d'origine irlandaise -- Dans la littérature
Américains d'origine irlandaise -- Dans la culture populaire
Littérature américaine -- Influence irlandaise
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781786941800. - ISBN 1786941805 (rel.). - ISBN 9781786949707 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45714885z
Notice n° :
FRBNF45714885
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