County identity article for resubmission.pdf (351.86 kB)
Download fileBIFFOs, jackeens and Dagenham Yanks: county identity, "authenticity" and the Irish diaspora
journal contribution
posted on 2015-11-20, 14:46 authored by Marc ScullyDespite being an everyday point of reference in Irish discourse, the extent to which the county serves as a locus of identification has been oddly overlooked in the Irish studies literature. In particular, the persistence of identification with the county of origin post-migration offers new insights on the construction and maintenance of identity within the Irish diaspora. Drawing on my PhD research on discourses of authenticity and identity among the Irish in England, this article investigates the ways in which county identity is invoked both by Irish migrants and those of Irish descent. It illustrates how the county is used as a rhetorical tool to situate the speaker within discourses of belonging and authenticity, but how this may also act as a constraint on the articulation of a collective, diasporic identity. It argues for a greater research focus on translocalism within the context of changing Ireland-diaspora relations. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Published in
Irish Studies ReviewVolume
21Issue
2Pages
143 - 163Citation
SCULLY, M.D., 2013. BIFFOs, jackeens and Dagenham Yanks: county identity, "authenticity" and the Irish diaspora. Irish Studies Review, 21 (2), pp. 143 - 163.Publisher
© Taylor and FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2013Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Irish Studies Review on 3rd July 2013, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09670882.2013.808874ISSN
0967-0882eISSN
1469-9303Publisher version
Language
- en