The limitations of whiteness and the boundaries of Englishness

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

The focus of this article is the second-generation Irish in England. It is based on data collected as part of the Irish 2 project, which examined processes of identity formation amongst the second-generation Irish population in England and Scotland. The article examines and maps identifications and positionings of second-generation Irish people and discusses how two hegemonic domains - Ireland and England - intersect in the lives of the children of Irish-born parents, with material and psychological consequences. Their positionings in multiethnic Britain are compared with those of ‘visible’ minority ethnic groups, and their narratives of belonging and non-belonging are analysed in terms of the limitations of whiteness and the boundaries of Englishness.

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 160-182
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Ethnicities, 5(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Irishness; minority ethnic group;

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hickman, Mary J. ; Morgan, Sarah ; Walter, Bronwen ; Bradley, Joseph
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2005

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796805052113
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-230143
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST