Shinners, dissos, and dissenters : Irish republican media activism since the Good Friday Agreement / Paddy Hoey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoey, Paddy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative mass media--Ireland--History--20th century.

Alternative mass media.

Alternative mass media--Ireland--History--21st century.

Subversive activities in mass media.

Mass media--Political aspects--Ireland.

Mass media.

Republicanism--Ireland.

Republicanism.

Politics and government.

Press coverage.

Mass media--Political aspects.

History.

Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1998---Press coverage.

Northern Ireland.

Politics and government--Press coverage.

Ireland.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 207 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Shinners, dissos, and dissenters is a long-term analysis of the development of Irish republican media activism since 1998 and the tumultuous years that followed the end of the Troubles. It is the first in-depth analysis of the newspapers, magazines and online spaces in which strands of Irish republicanism developed and were articulated in a period in which schism and dissent underscored a return to violence for dissidents. Based on an analysis of Irish republican media outlets as well as interviews with the key activists that produced them, this book provides a compelling snap shot of a political ideology in transition as it is moulded by the forces of the Peace Process and often violent internal ideological schism that threatened a return to the 'bad old days' of the Troubles. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Northern Ireland, the public sphere and activist media. 2. Republicanism since 1998: Shinners. 3. Republicanism since 1998: Dissos and dissenters. 4. Sinn Féin, An Phoblacht and the life and slow death of the Irish republican newspaper. 5. A republican digital counterculture? Fourthwrite and the Blanket. 6. New forms of republican (in)activism: éirígí and RNU. 7. Epilogue

Brexit, the border and nationalism's bounce back. Bibliography. Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-200) and index.

ISBN:

1526114240

9781526114242

OCLC:

990955038