John Nagle - Multiculturalisms Double-Bind

MULTICULTURALISMS DOUBLE BIND

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Creating Inclusivity, Cosmopolitanism and Difference

JOHN NAGLE
University of Ulster, UK

First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing

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Nagle, John.
Multiculturalisms double bind : creating inclusivity,
cosmopolitanism and difference. -- (Urban anthropology)
1. Multiculturalism. 2. Cultural fusion. 3. IrishForeign
countriesSocial conditions. 4. Children of immigrants
Social conditions.
I. Title II. Series
305.8-dc22

Nagle, John, 1971
Multiculturalisms double bind : creating inclusivity, cosmopolitanism and difference /
by John Nagle.
p. cm. -- (Urban anthropology)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7546-7607-2 (hbk) -- ISBN 978-0-7546-9797-8 (ebook)
1. Multiculturalism. 2. Cosmopolitanism. I. Title.

HM1271.N34 2009

305.8009421--dc22

2009018254

ISBN 978-0-754-67607-2 (hbk)

ISBN 978-0-315-59623-5 (ebk)

If I were a 1970s soul singer I might reasonably begin by thanking God and my hair-stylist (not necessarily in that order); but since Im a follicly challenged atheist, this is not really appropriate.

As is the nature of these things thanking all those who made this work possible is an almost impossible task. First of all, a huge thanks to all the staff and students at the Irish Cultural Centre who so kindly tolerated me skulking about the corridors and classrooms of the Centre. Of the tutors, thanks to Brendan Mulkere, Bernard Canavan, J.J. ONeill and Rory for being so accessible and willing to be harangued by my inquiries. Most of all, thanks to Ros Scanlon, who has been helpful beyond the bounds of reasonable assistance. Thanks also to Tony Murray at London Metropolitan University for allowing me to glean the huge Smurfit Archive of materials on the Irish in Britain. A special thanks to all those souls who surrendered precious time to let me interview them for the purpose of this book. I am especially happy to acknowledge Mary Tilki and Sen Hutton from the Federation of Irish Societies. I owe to Peter Aspinall a debt of gratitude for providing detailed information on the Census, as well as providing comments on a early draft of .

The ideas expressed in this book were originally germinated in my Ph.D. thesis which was completed late in 2003 at the School of Anthropological Studies, Queens University Belfast. I therefore gratefully acknowledge the skilful handling of my more fanciful and unrealistic ideas by Suzel Reily, my supervisor. I owe a debt to my examiners, John Hutnyk and Fiona Magowan, for their enthusiasm towards the thesis. At Queens, Hastings Donnan also provided a supportive role. My Ph.D. research at Queens was funded by DENI. Thanks to Dominic Bryan, the Director of the Institute of Irish Studies, Queens University, who assisted my work as Research Fellow in the Institute. I am very grateful to the staff at INCORE at the University of Ulster for their patience and immense support during the books writing up period. At INCORE I would particularly like to thank Gillian Robinson, Brandon Hamber, Tom Fraser and Martin Melaugh. Neil Jordan at Ashgate Publishing deserves my undying gratitude for his hard work and encouragement to kick-start this book. I would also like to thank the editors of the journals Ethnicities and Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power for allowing me to use material that was published first in these journals.

Outside the cloistered confines of academia lies a tremendous network of support. From my wifes family: Jim, Alice and Mary accepted me into their family without hesitation. Colleen, Cush and the kids in Liverpool. John and Caroline in London and Michael in Belfast deserve my gratitude. A special thanks to Mum and Dad, who have always unstintingly supported me.