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| Titre : | Race, Language, and Social Class in Seventeenth-Century Ireland (2007) |
| Auteurs : | Lawrence P. MORRIS, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Etudes irlandaises (vol 32 n 1 2007) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 61-76 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | While language has been viewed as a traditional constituent of ethnic identity, it actually played a surprisingly small role in the construction of racial identity in seventeenth-century Ireland. Instead of language, descent from the legendary ancestor Gaedhal served as the main criterion for being Gaoidheal, "a Gael". Manipulation of genealogy, moreover, enabled creative allegiances between the Irish aristocracy and the English crown: the Stuart monarchs were traced back to the Eoghanacht of Munster. This erasing of genetic difference paralleled a similar erosion of difference in fashion and language, as the Irish nobility sought to forge a cultural identity with their English counterparts. At the same time, authors traced the lower classes back to the demon Belsebub, creating a socially disempowered Other against which Gaelic racial identity was defined. Only the wealthy were entitled to inclusion in the Gaelic race |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Lieu de publication : | Villeneuve d'Ascq |
| Mention de responsabilité : | Lawrence P. Morris |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
