Hip to be Irish
Ethnicity and Bourdieu's 'Forms of Capital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Sullivan (0000-0002-6930-5406, University of Montana, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1773-1790 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2016.1142103 |
| OpenAlex | W2293246079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 38 |
A 'new Irish' American ethnicity surfaced in the 1980s - according to a number of scholars and journalists - and is comprised of what some consider to be more 'authentic' and 'traditional' Irish cultural attributes. Defining authentic and traditional Irishness is complicated, however, by the recent influx and highly visible forms of economic capital and media attention stemming from the Celtic Tiger - the surge of economic prosperity that began in Ireland in the 1990s - and the commercializing of Irish music and dance - such as Riverdance. In this paper, I propose, through my study involving Irish language enthusiasts, that this 'new' form of Irish ethnicity is more the result of rather than the reason for this surge in popularity. I use Pierre Bourdieu's 'Forms of Capital' in questioning the 'new Irish' American ethnicity, arguing instead that a deeply seated, less-visible reservoir of cultural and social capital form the basis for this perceived contemporary ethnicity
Archaeology · Capital (architecture · Celtic Tiger · Cultural capital · Ethnic group · Irish · Linguistics · Political science · Popularity · Prosperity · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Music History and Culture · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Origins and Destinies
Ethnicity, Inc.
Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education
The Invention Of Tradition
Distinction
The Irish in Us
The Columbia Guide to Irish American History
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Stuart Hall
Culture and Power
Langage et pouvoir symbolique
A Harvest Saved
'Blame It on Maureen O'hara'
Consuming Ireland
We love you Ireland’
Commercial cultures
Ethnic Options
Beyond the melting pot
Emigrants and Exiles
How the Irish Became White
Jumping out of enclosures
Race and reflexivity
Fashioning ethnicities
Social science and ethnic options
Comparing Minorities' Ethnic Options
Distinction. A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
Genealogical Identities
I want to be all I can Irish
Reconstructing deconstructing 'race
One of the lads'? Dual ethnicity and assimilated ethnicities in the careers of British Asian professional footballers
Marginality, ethnicity and penality in the neo-liberal city
Symbolic ethnicity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |