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Ghosts of the Somme : commemoration and culture war in Northern Ireland / Jonathan Evershed.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evershed, Jonathan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture.
- Group identity.
- Collective memory.
- Politics and government.
- Ireland--Politics and government--21st century.
- Ireland.
- France.
- Northern Ireland.
- Great Britain. Army. Division, 36th.
- Great Britain.
- Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916--Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
- World War, 1914-1918--Northern Ireland--Anniversaries, etc.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Ireland--Influence.
- Collective memory--Northern Ireland.
- Group identity--Northern Ireland.
- Political culture--Northern Ireland.
- Anniversaries.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Physical Description:
- xx, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Commemoration and culture war in Northern Ireland
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "In 2016, as the Irish Republic marked the hundredth anniversary of its sacrificial founding by the martyrs of Easter week, Ulster Loyalists were making final preparations to mark the centenary of a blood sacrifice of equal and opposite significance for contemporary Irish politics: that of the 36th (Ulster) Division at the Battle of the Somme during World War I. This book examines the complex politics of commemorating Ireland's 'other' 1916. During the present 'Decade of Centenaries, ' commemoration - viewed as a driver or even cause of past conflict in Northern Ireland - has come to occupy a central place in ongoing efforts at peacebuilding and reconciliation. Drawing on more than 18 months of original ethnographic field work conducted in Belfast, this book examines the conflicted politics of Ulster Loyalist commemorations of the Battle of the Somme during the Decade. In a context defined for Loyalists by what they have termed the 'culture war, ' commemoration is the means by which they confront and challenge the perceived erosion of their identity in the 'new' Northern Ireland. Evershed examines how commemoration of the Somme brings Loyalists into conflict not only with the politics of Irish Nationalism, but with the 'peacebuilding' state and, crucially, with each other."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- (Re)theorizing commemoration
- "What does it mean to follow a ghost?": locating "the field" and the ethics of empathy
- Policy, peace-building, and "the past" during the decade of centenaries
- Peace as defeat: loyalism and the culture war in the "new" Northern Ireland
- "Our culture is their bravery": commemoration and the culture war
- The ghost dance: memory work and loyalism's conflicted hauntology
- "Dupes no more"? Loyalist commemoration and the politics of peace-building
- Postscript: "All changed, changed utterly"?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-281) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Evershed, Jonathan, 1989- Ghosts of the Somme.
- ISBN:
- 9780268103859
- 0268103852
- OCLC:
- 1018462824
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