Irish Travellers: Racism and the Politics of Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0802086284
- ISBN-13
- 9780802086280
- Series
- Irish Travellers
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Author
- Jane Leslie Helleiner
Description
Helleiner's study documents anti-Traveller racism in Ireland and explores the ongoing realities of Traveller life as well as the production and reproduction of contemporary Traveller collective identity and culture.
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- 2018-06-21
- 204 pages
- Paperback
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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- 1994
- 198 pages
- Paperback
- Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast
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