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Constructions of the Irish Child in the Independence Period, 1910-1940

Constructions of the Irish Child in the Independence Period, 1910-1940

Boylan, Ciara
Gallagher, Ciara

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Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood

General World HistoryBritish HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 3030065251
ISBN13: 9783030065256
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jan 25 2019
Pages: 317
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Foreword; Professor Pat Dolan.- Chapter 1. Introduction; Ciara Boylan & Ciara Gallagher.- Section I Education and Learning.- Chapter 2. Concepts of Children and Childhood from an Educational Perspective: Context, Curriculum and Experience; Thomas Walsh.- Chapter 3. The Church of Ireland's Response to Changes in the National School Curriculum in Post-independence Ireland 1922-40; Martina Relihan.- Chapter 4. A Treasure-house for the Young: Free Public Libraries and The Irish Child; Máire Kennedy.- Section II Literature and Language.- Chapter 5. Drama for Children in the Irish Free State: Sinéad De Valera's Plays for Schoolchildren; Kate Harvey.- Chapter 6. Jimín Mháire Thaidhg and Constructions of Childhood in Irish-language Children's Literature in the Independence Period, 1910-40; Róisín Adams.- Chapter 7. 'For children or nuns': Language and Ideology in Irish-language Translations and Retellings for Children, 1922-40; Caoimhe Nic Lochlainn.- Chapter 8. This is No Country for Young Girls?: Irish Girlhood in the Revolutionary Period; Susan Cahill.- Chapter 9. 'Stories of Ancient Days': Mythological Constructs of Childhood in Independence Ireland; Rebecca Long.- Section III Material culture and organised activity.- Chapter 10. Toys, Material Culture and Play Space in Ireland: The Iveagh Trust Play Centre; Vanessa Rutherford.- Chapter 11. 'Set up Before the People': Image and Ideals of Boys' Clothing in Ireland, c. 1910-40; Hilary O'Kelly.- Chapter 12. The Boy Scouts in Ireland: Urbanisation, Health, Education, and Adolescence; Brendan Power.- Chapter 13. 'A Youth Tainted with the Deadly Poison of Anglicism'?: Sport and Childhood in the Independence Period; Richard McElligott.- Appendices.- Index

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