Reminiscences of Eileen L. Shanks, 2001

Biographical Note

Gym Employee.

Scope and Contents

Background: born Belfast, Northern Ireland; memories of violent society, comparisons between terrorism in Ireland and terrorism in America; education: coursework in French literature in Scotland; career: work as English as a Second Language teacher; 9/11: premonition of attack in dream, piecemeal information, disinclination towards viewing images on the television; post- 9/11: tightened security, patriotism, comparison between flag display in Northern Ireland and flag display in the United States, anti-Arab bias; problem of repeated images of event

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Northern Irish--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Shanks, Eileen L.
• Zahner, M'hlou, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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