Irish Traveller Women

The aim of this volume is to provide an overview of
the life experience and culture of female Irish
Travellers in Ireland, with special consideration to
their experience in Northern Ireland. The Irish
Travelling community are an indigenous minority
group. Traditionally a nomadic community Travellers
have been marginalised and discriminated against with
new pluralistic initiatives at interculturalism
failing to moderate Irish society s perception of the
community. The author has made special note of the
traditional female Traveller economy, their
door-step-exchanges which have displayed an agency
and skill historically invalidated. Other aspects
considered include recent changes to Traveller
nomadism, anti-Traveller racism, health, education,
marriage and Traveller faith. Frequently the
Travelling community has been used in literature and
art as symbolic vehicles, this volume considers the
Irish and Colonial Constructs of Traveller Culture
focusing on fine artists such Northern painter Basil
Blackshaw and recent depictions of Travellers in
films.

Autorentext

Andrea Redmond is a native of Prince Edward Island, Canada, whohas lived in Northern Ireland for 20 years. She has workedin the community sector in Belfast and Derry as a women's worker,a community activistand artist. The mother of three she is presentlycompleting her PHD with a focus on the cultural representation ofthe Travelling people.

Klappentext

The aim of this volume is to provide an overview ofthe life experience and culture of female IrishTravellers in Ireland, with special consideration totheir experience in Northern Ireland. The IrishTravelling community are an indigenous minoritygroup. Traditionally a nomadic community Travellershave been marginalised and discriminated against withnew pluralistic initiatives at interculturalismfailing to moderate Irish society's perception of thecommunity. The author has made special note of thetraditional female Traveller economy, theirdoor-step-exchanges which have displayed an agencyand skill historically invalidated. Other aspectsconsidered include recent changes to Travellernomadism, anti-Traveller racism, health, education,marriage and Traveller faith. Frequently theTravelling community has been used in literature andart as symbolic vehicles, this volume considers theIrish and Colonial Constructs of Traveller Culturefocusing on fine artists such Northern painter BasilBlackshaw and recent depictions of Travellers in films.