Sinead Mc Dermott

Lecturer

 
researcher

Biography

Research Interests

Feminist critical and cultural theory; contemporary women's writing; contemporary literature; gender and cultural memory

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
2013 'Daughters of the House of Shame'
Sinead McDermott (2013) 'Daughters of the House of Shame' In: The Female Face of Shame. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. [Details]
2011 'The Double Wound: Shame and Trauma in Joy Kogawa's Obasan'
McDermott, S. (2011) 'The Double Wound: Shame and Trauma in Joy Kogawa's Obasan' In: Sexed Sentiments: Interdisciplinary Essays on Gender and Emotion. Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]
2006 'Mary Morrissy's Maternal Subject'
McDermott, S (2006) 'Mary Morrissy's Maternal Subject' In: Single Motherhood in Twentieth-Century Ireland: Cultural, Historical and Social Essays. [Details]
2000 ''Putting Myself in Her Place: Identity, Identification and Irishness in Nuala O'Faolain's _Are You Somebody?_ and Margaret Atwood's _Alias Grace_''
McDermott, S (2000) ''Putting Myself in Her Place: Identity, Identification and Irishness in Nuala O'Faolain's _Are You Somebody?_ and Margaret Atwood's _Alias Grace_'' In: Devolving Identities: Feminist Readings in Home and Belonging. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
2006 'Kate Atkinson's Family Romance: Missing Mothers and Hidden Histories in _Behind the Scenes at the Museum'
McDermott, S (2006) 'Kate Atkinson's Family Romance: Missing Mothers and Hidden Histories in _Behind the Scenes at the Museum'. CRITICAL SURVEY, 18 (2):67-78 [Details]
2006 'The ethics of postmemory in Bobbie Ann Mason's 'In Country''
McDermott, S (2006) 'The ethics of postmemory in Bobbie Ann Mason's 'In Country''. Journal Of The Midwest Modern Language Association, 39 (2):5-+ [Details]
2006 'Notes on the afterlife of feminist criticism'
McDermott, S (2006) 'Notes on the afterlife of feminist criticism'. PMLA-PUBLICATIONS OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, 121 (5):1729-1734 [DOI] [Details]
2004 'Future-perfect: Gender, nostalgia, and the not yet presented in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping'
McDermott, S (2004) 'Future-perfect: Gender, nostalgia, and the not yet presented in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping'. JOURNAL OF GENDER STUDIES, 13 (3):259-270 [DOI] [Details]
2003 ''Maternal belongings and the question of home in Mary Morrissy's _Mother of Pearl_''
McDermott, S (2003) ''Maternal belongings and the question of home in Mary Morrissy's _Mother of Pearl_''. FEMINIST THEORY, 4 (3):263-282 [Details]
2002 'Memory, nostalgia, and gender in A Thousand Acres'
McDermott, S (2002) 'Memory, nostalgia, and gender in A Thousand Acres'. SIGNS, 28 (1):389-407 [DOI] [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
2008 'Gendered Spaces in Bobbie Ann Mason's In Country'
McDermott, S. (2008) 'Gendered Spaces in Bobbie Ann Mason's In Country' Revista Leitura, 41 :121-148. [Details]

Book Review

  Year Publication
2005 Review of Sonia Villegas-Lopez and Beatriz Domingues-Garcia, eds, Literature, Gender, Space.
McDermott, S. (2005) Review of Sonia Villegas-Lopez and Beatriz Domingues-Garcia, eds, Literature, Gender, Space. Book Review [Details]

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
University College Scarborough Lecturer in English 01-SEP-98 / 31-AUG-99
Free University of Amsterdam Lecturer in English 01-SEP-99 / 01-SEP-01
University of Limerick Lecturer 01-JAN-02 / 30-DEC-99

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
1992 Queen's University, Belfast B.A.
1993 Lancaster University M.A.
1999 University of Strathclyde Ph.D.