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Based on 30 years of research spent interviewing and recording the life stories of the working-class women of Dublin, this book covers the squalid tenement days of the early 1900s, the mid-century decades of `slumland' block flats, and the 1970s when deadly drugs infiltrated poor neighborhoods, terrifying mothers and stealing away their children. What emerges is an intimate and poignant celebration of the mammies and grannies that held the fabric of family life in an environment of hardship and, often, cruelty. Through vivid tales of how they coped with grinding poverty, huge families, pitiless landlords, the oppressive Church, dictatorial priests, feckless and often abusive husbands, and these remarkable women shine with astonishing dignity, wit, pride and a resilient spirit, despite their struggles.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Working Class Heroines acclaimed historian Kevin C. Kearns brings us the voices of the forgotten women of Dublins tenements. If it werent for his work the lives of these everyday heroines would be lost forever. Based on 30 years of research spent interviewing and recording the life stories of the working-class women of Dublin, it covers the squalid tenement days of the early 1900s, through the mid-century decades of slumland block flats, and into the 1970s when deadly drugs infiltrated poor neighbourhoods, terrifying mothers and stealing away their children. What emerges is an intimate and poignant celebration of the mammies and grannies who held the fabric of family life in an environment of hardship and, often, cruelty.Through vivid tales of how they coped with grinding poverty, huge families, pitiless landlords, the oppressive Church, dictatorial priests, feckless and often abusive husbands, these remarkable women shine with astonishing dignity, wit, pride and a resilient spirit, despite their struggles.Working Class Heroines gives voice and pays tribute to the long silent, unsung heroines who were the indispensable caretakers of both family and community, and remains one of the most important Irish feminist documents of our times.The ordinary woman has long been absent from our national narrative. I think we should be grateful that Working Class Heroines exists, and we can benefit now from listening to these voices. Ellen Coyne, The Sunday TimesThose of us who know and love Dublin owe Kearns a huge debt". Roddy Doyle Praise for Kevin Kearns other unique oral histories of DublinThe Legendary Lugs Branigan: Irelands Most Famed GardaA revealing portrait not just of a passionate and dedicated public figure, but also of a society undergoing great and constant change. The Irish IndependentIrelands Arctic Siege: The Big Freeze of 1947 This story might have come from some Polar Expedition. It is almost unbelievable that such conditions could exist in Ireland. The Irish TimesThe Bombing of Dublins North Strand, 1941: The Untold Story What shines through is the courage and goodness of ordinary people, untrained for such catastrophe, in their attempts to save and help their fellow Dubliners. The Irish TimesDublin Tenement Life: An Oral History Among the finest books ever written about Dublin. The Sunday TribuneThis is truly an admirable book, capturing echoes of a vanished world. It is only by reading this book that I was enabled to re-imagine the society which the respondents recalled to Kevin Kearns during what must have been many hundreds of hours of patient interviewing. The Irish TimesThis book will long stand as the definitive social history of Irelands gulags, where the poor were herded together in conditions worse than animals and will hopefully serve as further inspiration to those who still campaign for decent housing for all our citizens. Joe DuffyThose of us who know and love Dublin owe Kearns a huge debt. Roddy DoyleDublin Voices: An Oral Folk History This book is a goldmine of tiny details. The narrative voices that speak from every page of this book do so in an unfiltered language entirely their own. The Sunday Times Oral recollections of life in working class Dublin celebrates the forgotten lives of ordinary women . Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780717183517
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