![]() | Who''s Your Paddy?: Racial Expectations and the Struggle for Irish American Identity Subjects: Irish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Irish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions; Irish Americans -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York; African Americans -- Relations with Irish Americans; Irish; After all the green beer has been poured and the ubiquitous shamrocks fade away, what does it mean to be Irish American besides St. Patrick's Day? Who's Your Paddy traces the evolution of "Irish" as a race-based identity in the U.S. from the 19th century to the present day. Exploring how the Irish have been and continue to be socialized around race, Jennifer Nugent Duffy argues that Irish identity must be understood within the context of generational tensions between different waves of Irish immigrants as well as the Irish community's interaction with other racial minorities. Duffy Jennifer Nugent : Jennifer Nugent Duffy is Associate Professor of History at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. |
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