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| Titre : | Muslim Integration and the Hijabi Monologues Ireland (2021) |
| Auteurs : | Sarah L. TOWNSEND, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish University Review (Vol 51 n 2 Autumn/Winter 2021) |
| Article en page(s) : | p.209-226 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | In 2012 and 2013, two productions of the Hijabi Monologues, an American theatre project featuring the stories of Muslim women, were staged in Ireland. This essay considers their relationship to state-sponsored and community-led interculturalism during the Celtic Tiger and post-Tiger years. Both productions centred on the act of storytelling and tended to downplay xenophobia, instead enacting the type of feel-good intercultural exchange that has dominated Irish and European integration efforts since the late 1990s. At the same time, the 2013 production, on which the essay focuses, employed coalition-building strategies borrowed from the field of migrant activism, thereby ensuring Muslim involvement throughout the production process. The Hijabi Monologues Ireland furnishes a snapshot of a transitional moment in Irish intercultural programming when the state-funded projects of the Celtic Tiger era were giving way to migrant-led initiatives. By examining the production's artistic process, community participation, and funding streams, the essay assesses its successes and shortcomings in addressing the complex challenges of Muslim integration. |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
