... Among the various narrative modes Iexamine, family plots – narratives of cross-cultural marriage and mix-ture, as well as those that chart Irish family histories over time andacross generations ... the locus for ‘ family affections’’ and as the embodied andembodying agents of inheritance. Even so, women’s crucial role in themetaphorical and literal reproduction of the family is largely ... toother forms of governance, be they national or familial.Within this version of the imperial family of Great Britain, Irelandfigures as a subordinate – perhaps a son or a sister, but more typically...