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OverviewThis study of the Irish Press from 1922-1937 demonstrates the ways in which particular gendered symbols, archetypes and images were used to embody notions of Ireland and Irishness: from emigration to unemployment, from militant Republicanism to the sinful pleasure of the jazz age. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Louise Ryan , Margaret WardPublisher: The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd Imprint: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd Volume: v. 2 ISBN: 9780773472983ISBN 10: 0773472983 Pages: 320 Publication Date: June 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Preface by Margaret Ward xi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Fashionable Bodies 37 Section 1: The Modern Girl 37 Section 2: Reach for the Skies - Adventurous women and the Irish Press 69 Chapter 3: Working Bodies 91 Section 1: The Business Girl and the Woman in Industry 92 Section 2: Emigrant Girls and the Absent Body 109 Section 3: Woman, Citizen and Worker - the Constitution of 1937 126 Chapter 4: Maternal Bodies: Family, Home, Motherhood and the Nation 151 Section 1: Spinning Wheels and Country Cottages 154 Section 2: Disorderly Bodies: Representations and Explanations of Domestic and Family Deviance 167 Section 3: Mothering the Nation 191 Chapter 5: Rebellious Bodies 205 Section 1: Representations of Republican Women in the Campaign for Irish Independence 206 Section 2: Militant Women in the Post-Civil War Period 221 Chapter 6: Concealing Bodies: Newspaper Representations of Infanticide 253 Conclusion 289 Bibliography 295 Index 301ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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