Tag: Ireland

  • Celtic Tiger, Hidden Dragon: exploring identity among second generation Chinese in Ireland The Irish Migration, Race and Social Transformation Review Volume 2, Issue 1 (Summer 2007) pages 48-69 Nicola Yau, Independent Researcher Through qualitative interviews, participant observation and an asynchronous group discussion on an Internet forum for second generation Chinese, this article explores identity among…

  • In view of the unique and colourful history of the ties between Ireland and Brazil that date back centuries, it is perhaps surprising that the most famous Irish-Brazilian was a mixed-race rock star from Dublin.

  • In visit to Ireland, O’Bama seeks to reverse U.S. notions of race The Philadelphia Inquirer 2011-05-25 John Timpane, Inquirer Staff Writer President Obama’s one-day visit to Ireland was a masterly orchestration of three visuals – one imaginary, two very real. Imaginary visual: the apostrophe in O’Bama. “My name is Barack Obama,” he said in Dublin,…

  • Barack Obama’s Irish Roots The Daily Beast 2011-04-11 Tom Sykes President Obama set down in Dublin Monday [2011-05-23] as part of a six-day European trip that will include a stop in Moneygall, the tiny town where his great-great-great grandfather was born. In anticipation, the 350 people who live there have painted their homes and opened…

  • The tradition of a big Irish welcome isn’t always evident to a mixed-race Irish woman in Dublin, writes Zélie Asava

  • “I’m Black an’ I’m Proud”: Ruth Negga, Breakfast on Pluto, and Invisible Irelands Invisible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visible Culture Issue number 13 (Spring 2009): After Post-Colonialism University of Rochester, New York Charlotte McIvor, Lecturer in Drama National University Ireland, Galway This article examines Ethiopian-Irish actress Ruth Negga‘s performance in Neil Jordan’s 2005 Breakfast…

  • ‘The Nephew’ and ‘The Front Line’: black and mixed masculinities in Irish Cinema Old Ireland, New Irish: ‘The same people living in the same place’: American Conference for Irish Studies 2009 ‘Into the heartland of the ordinary’: Second Galway Conference of Irish Studies 2009 Hosted by Centre for Irish Studies National University of Ireland, Galway…