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Steer clear of the smaller ones. From Saint to Stereotype: A Story of Brigid
Caricatures of Irish immigrants—especially Irish women—have softened, but persist in characters whose Irishness is expressed in subtle cues.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 May 2018
The second album is about that detachment, and the third is about Irishness dislocated in the diaspora.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2024
Douthat The story sketches lightly all the elements of Irishness that in a different movie would be layered on thickly, or overemphasized at another element’s expense.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
The story sketches lightly all the elements of Irishness that in a different movie would be layered on thickly, or overemphasized at another element’s expense.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 May 2018
The second album is about that detachment, and the third is about Irishness dislocated in the diaspora.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2024
Douthat The story sketches lightly all the elements of Irishness that in a different movie would be layered on thickly, or overemphasized at another element’s expense.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
The story sketches lightly all the elements of Irishness that in a different movie would be layered on thickly, or overemphasized at another element’s expense.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
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“Irishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Irishness. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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