Women of the Dail Contributor(s): Knirck, Jason (Author), Luddy, Maria (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0716528010 ISBN-13: 9780716528012 Publisher: Irish Academic Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Women of the Dil explores the role of political women during the Irish revolution, specifically those who were Dil deputies and related to recently-deceased patriots. These women successfully used familial links to bolster their political credibility during the years after the Easter Rising, but found this rhetorical strategy much more difficult to deploy in the wake of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Drawing on a number of published and unpublished sources, Women of the Dil analyzes this rhetorical shift in order to explain the interplay between gender, republicanism and the Irish revolution. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 941.508 |
LCCN: 2006287237 |
Physical Information: 205 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Ireland - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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Publisher Description: Women of the D ? ? ? il explores the role of political women during the Irish revolution, specifically those who were D ? ? ? il deputies and related to recently-deceased patriots. These women successfully used familial links to bolster their political credibility during the years after the Easter Rising, but found this rhetorical strategy much more difficult to deploy in the wake of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Drawing on a number of published and unpublished sources, Women of the D ? ? ? il analyzes this rhetorical shift in order to explain the interplay between gender, republicanism and the Irish revolution. |