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Chapter 14 - Irish Literary Feminism and Its Digital Archive(s)

from Part IV - The Digital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2023

By
Margaret Kelleher  and
Karen Wade
Edited by
Margaret Kelleher  and
James O'Sullivan
Margaret Kelleher
Affiliation:
University College Dublin
James O'Sullivan
Affiliation:
University College Cork
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Summary

Feminist literary retrieval projects in Ireland quickly embraced the bibliographical and hypertextual possibilities offered in the early 2000s by the then burgeoning field of digital humanities. This essay examines the printed prehistory of projects such as the Women in Modern Irish Culture Database and the Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing (volumes IV and V), demonstrating how this genealogy has shaped the nature and impact of the online archive. The chapter argue that the continuing absence from university syllabi, and publishers’ lists, of many of the Irish women ‘discovered’ by digital research projects, indicates that presence is only the first step in securing real engagement with the literary archive of women’s writings. Looking to the future of the feminist digital, and the potential offered by big data, this chapter explores how long-standing digital questions of access, interoperability, and sustainability continue to influence the parameters of the field.

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FeminismIrish studiesdigital humanitiescultural analyticsdigital archivesdigital preservationbibliography
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Technology in Irish Literature and Culture , pp. 235 - 252
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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