Research Catalog

Title

Women and the Great Hunger / Christine Kinealy, Jason King, Ciarán Reilly, editors.

Publication

• Hamden, CT : Quinnipiac University Press, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kinealy, Christine
• King, Jason (Jason Francis), 1970-
• Reilly, Ciarán

Description

236 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Even considering recent advances in the development of women's studies as a discipline, women remain underrepresented in the history and historiography of the Great Hunger. The various roles played by women, including as landowners, relief-givers, philanthropists, proselytizers and providers for the family, have received little attention. This publication examines the diverse and still largely unexplored role of women during the Great Hunger, shedding light on how women experienced and shaped the tragedy that unfolded in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. In addition to more traditional sources, the contributors also draw on folklore and popular culture. Women and the Great Hunger brings together the work of some of the leading researchers in Irish studies, with new scholarship, methodologies and perspectives. This book takes a major step toward advancing our understanding of the Great Hunger.

Subject

Women > Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 17-4988

ISBN

• 9780990945420
• 0990945421

OCLC

967206145

Title

Women and the Great Hunger / Christine Kinealy, Jason King, Ciarán Reilly, editors.

Publisher

Hamden, CT : Quinnipiac University Press, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Kinealy, Christine, editor.

King, Jason (Jason Francis), 1970- editor.

Reilly, Ciarán, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-4988