Linguistic Diasporas, Narrative and Performance : The Irish in Argentina

This book explores the present-day Irish Diaspora in Argentina, using oral narrative and a sociolinguistic theoretical framework to draw out the features that define contemporary Hiberno-Argentine identity. The author analyzes the spoken memories and discourses of Irish-Argentine descendants to trac...

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Main Author O'Brien, Sarah (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Linguistics.
Ethnology > Latin America.
Historiography.
Great Britain > History.
Sociolinguistics.
Discourse analysis.
Multilingualism.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319514215
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-51421-5
Physical DescriptionVIII, 203 p. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Oral Dialogue and Performance
  • Chapter 2. Historical Context
  • Chapter 3. Space and Place
  • Chapter 4. A Search for Belonging
  • Chapter 5. Getting on with the Neighbours
  • Chapter 6. Eating our Words: Food, Language and the Preservation of Identity
  • Chapter 7. Post-Peronism and the Collapse of Community
  • Chapter 8. The Festivalization of Irish Ethnicity.

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