Daughters of Eireann : Gender negtiations in nineteenth-century New York

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Área temática: 04 Sin asignar
Fecha de recepción: 17/10/2008

AUTORES (* Autor principal)

Richko Labate, Julie * - University College Dublin (Irlanda)

EVALUACIÓN FINAL DEL COMITÉ CIENTÍFICO: Pendiente

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the research will be to evaluate the causes for patterns in the archaeological record concerning social position through the comparison of mainly ceramics recovered in two sites: Ballykilcline, Ireland and Five Points in New York City. Comparison of the archaeological reports from the Five Points Project (Yamin 2000) and the archaeological assemblage from Ballykilcline, Ireland located in the archaeological lab at Illinois State University.
In this research, I compare the Ballykilcline and Five Points archaeological collections to give insight into the social positions the possessors of these artifacts may have had, aspired to have, or wanted to rebel against. The occupants of these sites varied considerably in their way of living. Ballykilcline is situated in the heart of rural Ireland while the Five Points was the center of the urban slums in New York City. Analysis and comparison of these two sites, however, serves to show regardless of the geographical region, a similar social pattern was emerging in these two areas. Furthermore, both sites are situated in a similar historical context with Irish descendents comprising a majority of the humans who owned and used the artifacts recovered at these sites.
This paper will, however, attempt to illustrate the lives of Irish women in both Ireland and America in the nineteenth century through the lens of archaeology. Using archaeological, historical, and literary evidence, this paper examines the roles of Irish women during this period and how that has changed due to various economic and social forces.

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