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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat can the life writing of post-famine Irish immigrants tell us about Irish diasporic memory? \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf Memory and the Misplaced\u003c/i\u003e considers the endurance and nature of Irish American memory across the twentieth century. Guided by 30 memoirs written between 1900 and 1970, Sarah O'Brien shows the prevalence of intimate and taboo themes in ordinary immigrants' writing, such as domestic violence, same-sex love, and famine-induced trauma. Importantly,\u003ci\u003e Of Memory and the Misplaced\u003c/i\u003e critiques the role of the Irish landscape as a site of memory and shows how the interiority of the domestic world has provided Irish women with the language needed to reclaim their own lives.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining literary and historical theory, \u003ci\u003eOf Memory and the Misplaced\u003c/i\u003e highlights voices that have traditionally been silenced and offers a rare and unexplored collection of primary source autobiographical texts to better understand the experiences of Irish immigrants in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e |
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