Elizabeth A. Throop

Net Curtains and Closed Doors

Intimacy, Family, and Public Life in Dublin
Herausgeber: Throop, Elizabeth A.

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Produktbeschreibung

It has been argued that the family is a clearly bounded center of love and emotion in the lives of people. It is a center which is separate from more public arenas. The Irish family, however, has until recently had neither clear boundaries nor overt emotional nurturance. This is due in large measure to English Colonialism and the influences of the Catholic Church upon Irish culture. English colonialism and the strong strain of Irish Catholicism have subjected Irish cultural understandings of private life to extensive Church and government intervention. This has influenced the Irish experience of marriage, family life, community, and work. These disparate areas of life are, for the Irish, more similar emotionally and behaviorally to each other than they are different. In addition, the Irish generally live in small, face-to-face communities, even in urban areas, meaning that people are uncomfortable with too much self-disclosure and rely on long-term interaction to create closeness. Events, not emotions, are analyzed. While some social scientists argue that the modern or postmodern self is somehow less authentic than those living in primitive societies because different aspects of life are fragmented and disconnected (for example home and work), the author shows how among the families she studied in Ireland the notion of dichotomies is somewhat false, and that people's relationships in the different arenas are not very different.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 433g
• ISBN-13: 9780897896368
• ISBN-10: 089789636X
• Artikelnr.: 25590851

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth A. Throop

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Public and Private Domains: The Social Science View Politics,
the Church, and Authority Don't Be Greedy Net Curtains and Back Gardens:
Dublin c. 1994 Public and Private in Dublin: An Overview The Mammy Is the
Heart of the Family He's Another Child Really Oh, I Couldn't Say That:
Intimacy and Marriage in Dublin Conclusion: Marriage in Private and Public
References Index