{"product_id":"of-irish-descent-origin-stories-genealogy-the-politics-of-belonging-hardcover","title":"Of Irish Descent: Origin Stories, Genealogy, \u0026 the Politics of Belonging - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Nash\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be of Irish descent? What does Irish descent stand for in Ireland? In Northern Ireland? In the United States? How are the categories of native and settler and accounts of ethnic origin being refigured through popular genealogy and population genetics? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf Irish Descent\u003c\/i\u003e addresses these questions by exploring the contemporary significance of ideas about ancestral roots, origins, and connections. Moving from the intimacy of family stories and reunions to disputed state policies on noble titles and new applications of genetic research, Nash traces the place of ancestry in interconnected geographies of identity--familial, ethnic, national, and diasporic. Underlying these different practices and narratives are potent and profoundly political questions about who counts as Irish and to whom Ireland belongs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining tensions between ideas of plurality and commonality, difference and connection that run through the culture and science of ancestral origins, \u003ci\u003eOf \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Descent\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and timely exploration of\u003cbr\u003enew configurations of nation and diaspora as communities of shared descent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Nash\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of geography at Queen Mary, University of London. She has written numerous articles in the fields of feminist cultural geography, geographies of relatedness, and Irish studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 9.23 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130466209927,"sku":"9780815631590","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e70e28c97f7f8b1cd3128c0c8649b75d.webp?v=1732611040","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/of-irish-descent-origin-stories-genealogy-the-politics-of-belonging-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}