CHAPTER SIX. "Breeding Breaks Out in the Eye of the Cat": Sex Roles, Birth Order, and the Irish Double Bind

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. List of Illustrations IX
4. List of Tables XI
5. Preface to the Y2000 Edition XIII
6. Preface to the 1982 Paperback Edition XV
7. Acknowledgments XXIII
8. Prologue to the Original 1977 Edition XXVII
9. PROLOGUE. Writing Ireland 1
10. INTRODUCTION. Mental Illness and Irish Culture 58
11. CHAPTER ONE. In Space and in Time 76
12. CHAPTER TWO. The People Left Behind 94
13. CHAPTER THREE. Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics 134
14. CHAPTER FOUR. Brothers, Sisters, and Other Lovers: Marriage, Celibacy, and Relations Between the Sexes 172
15. CHAPTER FIVE. Problems in Rural Irish Socialization 222
16. CHAPTER SIX. "Breeding Breaks Out in the Eye of the Cat": Sex Roles, Birth Order, and the Irish Double Bind 262
17. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS. Toward a Responsive Human Community 296
18. EPILOGUE. Crediting An Clochan 308
19. APPENDICES
20. A. TAT Card Descriptions and Sample Picture 329
21. B. Draw-a-Person Test Responses 331
22. C. TAT Responses: "Jimmy Hennesy" 332
23. D. Tables 335
24. Notes 345
25. Glossary of Irish Terms and Place Names 361
26. Bibliography 363
27. Index 383