Graduation Year
2015
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Reader 1
Mary Ann Davis
Reader 2
Erin Runions
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© 2015 Emily H. Hampshire
Abstract
"Quare Contestations: Bridging Queer, Lesbian, and Feminist Narratives of the Irish Diaspora" examines three sets of biographical and autobiographical narratives about Irish who migrated to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Dwelling primarily in queer studies and diaspora studies, this thesis participates in the construction of a queer Irish diaspora archive by analyzing the spaces of overlap between Irish queer, feminist, and lesbian - together, quare - theory and lived experience in these narratives. In my analysis, I demonstrate the fluidity, movement, and interdisciplinary scope of a quare framework for approaching studies of gender and sexuality in the Irish diaspora context. This thesis intervenes into the work already being done to queer Irish diaspora by examining the contestations of "Irishness" appearing in the narratives that are analyzed, and by in turn contesting and complicating the action and meanings made by "queer" in the existing archive of queer Irish diaspora literature.
Recommended Citation
Hampshire, Emily H., "Quare Contestations: Bridging Queer, Lesbian, and Feminist Narratives of the Irish Diaspora" (2015). Scripps Senior Theses. 631.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/631
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
