“Tá cuid de na mná blasta/Some Women Are Sweet Talkers”: Representations of Women in Seán Ó hEochaidh’s Field Diaries for the Irish Folklore Commission
This article discusses representations of women in diaries written by Seán Ó hEochaidh as part of his work as a field collector for the Irish Folklore Commission (1935-1971). Focusing on a number of well-described events and characters, the article reveals the collector’s attitude to wome...
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2017-10-01
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| description | This article discusses representations of women in diaries written by Seán Ó hEochaidh as part of his work as a field collector for the Irish Folklore Commission (1935-1971). Focusing on a number of well-described events and characters, the article reveals the collector’s attitude to women as they emerge from his writing. It also shows how women could help or hinder his collecting work. The disparities of the lives of a number of working women from Donegal during the period are also highlighted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3bd0f89347e54b1c8eb793152628b46b2022-12-21T18:43:59ZengAsociación Española de Estudios IrlandesesEstudios Irlandeses1699-311X1699-311X2017-10-0112.212.21221387617“Tá cuid de na mná blasta/Some Women Are Sweet Talkers”: Representations of Women in Seán Ó hEochaidh’s Field Diaries for the Irish Folklore CommissionLillis Ó Laoire0 NUI Galway, Ireland This article discusses representations of women in diaries written by Seán Ó hEochaidh as part of his work as a field collector for the Irish Folklore Commission (1935-1971). Focusing on a number of well-described events and characters, the article reveals the collector’s attitude to women as they emerge from his writing. It also shows how women could help or hinder his collecting work. The disparities of the lives of a number of working women from Donegal during the period are also highlighted.https://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DEF.Artículo-8.pdfStorytellingIrish Folklore CommissionWorking WomenCollectorSeán Ó hEochaidh |
| spellingShingle | Lillis Ó Laoire “Tá cuid de na mná blasta/Some Women Are Sweet Talkers”: Representations of Women in Seán Ó hEochaidh’s Field Diaries for the Irish Folklore Commission Estudios Irlandeses Storytelling Irish Folklore Commission Working Women Collector Seán Ó hEochaidh |
| title | “Tá cuid de na mná blasta/Some Women Are Sweet Talkers”: Representations of Women in Seán Ó hEochaidh’s Field Diaries for the Irish Folklore Commission |
| title_full | “Tá cuid de na mná blasta/Some Women Are Sweet Talkers”: Representations of Women in Seán Ó hEochaidh’s Field Diaries for the Irish Folklore Commission |
| title_fullStr | “Tá cuid de na mná blasta/Some Women Are Sweet Talkers”: Representations of Women in Seán Ó hEochaidh’s Field Diaries for the Irish Folklore Commission |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Tá cuid de na mná blasta/Some Women Are Sweet Talkers”: Representations of Women in Seán Ó hEochaidh’s Field Diaries for the Irish Folklore Commission |
| title_short | “Tá cuid de na mná blasta/Some Women Are Sweet Talkers”: Representations of Women in Seán Ó hEochaidh’s Field Diaries for the Irish Folklore Commission |
| title_sort | 8220 ta cuid de na mna blasta some women are sweet talkers representations of women in sean o heochaidh s field diaries for the irish folklore commission |
| topic | Storytelling Irish Folklore Commission Working Women Collector Seán Ó hEochaidh |
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