Ireland, Migration and Return Migration: The "Returned Yank" in the Cultural Imagination, 1952 to Present

by Sinéad Moynihan

Book Overview

Drawing on historical, literary and cultural studies perspectives, this book examines the phenomenon of the "Returned Yank" in the cultural imagination, taking as its point of departure the most exhaustively discussed Returned Yank narrative, The Quiet Man (dir. John Ford, 1952). Often dismissed as a figure that embodies the sentimentality and nostalgia of Irish America writ large, this study argues that the Returned Yank's role in the Irish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800854757
• ISBN13: 9781800854758
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"