Gardner, Peter Robert (2018) Diaspora, defeatism, and dignity:Ulster Protestant reimaginations of the self through Ulster-Scots Americanism. ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES. pp. 2048-2066. ISSN 0141-9870
Abstract
The notion of an American diaspora has become increasingly salient among the minority of Ulster Protestants who ascribe to the “Ulster-Scots” ethnic identity in Northern Ireland. Especially in light of the well-established conception of an Irish-American diaspora, the effort Ulster’s “Protestant community” to construct and delineate a separate, non-Irish genealogical diaspora reveals much about their collective self-conceptions and aspirations. In this paper, I argue that the descriptions of Ulster-Scots-American diaspora represent both means of recasting “their” actions and ideologies as ethnically predestined, and an attempt to regain a sense of collective dignity in light of palpable postbellum defeatism.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Sociology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2019 16:00 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:35 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2017.1332379 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/01419870.2017.1332379 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:151452 |
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