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Summary:

"'Flags', 'Emblems' and 'The Past'; three seemingly insurmountable challenges which continue to hinder the peace process in Northern Ireland. For many, the responsibility for the impasse that scuppered the Haass talks and brought violent protests to the streets of Belfast appears to rest with the perceived intransigence of the Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist communities to embrace change. That this community is itself riven with internal rancour and discord should come as no surprise. Issues of social class, denominational alignment, political aspiration and national identity have historically divided what outsiders have often mistakenly viewed as a collective cultural, religious and socio-political entity. This study explores the statement by Henry McDonald that this is ' ... the least fashionable community in Western Europe'. A diverse group of contributors including prominent politicians, academics, journalists and artists investigate the reasons informing public perceptions attaching to the Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist communities in Ulster"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Beginning to Talk to ̀Billy': Revising Southern Stereotypes of Unionism / Eoghan Harris
• 2. Investigating the Protestant ̀Kaleidoscope' / Henry McDonald
• 3. Lost in Translation: Loyalism and the Media / Malachi O'Doherty
• 4. Typical Unionists? The Politicians and their People, Past and Present / James Greer
• 5. ̀Doing Their Bit': Gendering the Constitution of Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist Identities / Caireen McCluskey
• 6. Re-invention of the Orange Order: Triumphalism or Orangefest? / Reverend Brian Kennaway
• 7. Loyalism On Film and Out of Context / Stephen Baker
• 8. This Sporting Life: Anything to Declare? Community Allegiance, Sports and the National Question / Thomas Paul Burgess
• 9. No One Likes Us, We Don't Care: What Is to Be (Un) Done about Ulster Protestant Identity? / Robbie McVeigh
• 10. Celebration and Controversy in America: At Home with the Scots-Irish Diaspora / Alister McReynolds
• 11. Convergence / Graham Reid
• 12. Labour Aristocracies, Triumphalism and Melancholy: Misconceptions of the Protestant Working-Class and Loyalist Community / Gareth Mulvenna
• 13. To the Beat of a Different Drum: Loyalist Youth and the Culture of Marching Bands / Neil Symington
• 14. Blood Sacrifice for Queen and Country: Paramilitarism and Political Manoeuvrings / Billy Hutchinson.

Contributors:

Burgess, T. P. , editor

Mulvenna, Gareth, 1980- , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Protestants — Political activity — Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)

Protestants — Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) — Attitudes

Unionism (Irish politics)

Peace-building — Northern Ireland

Peace-building — Ireland

National characteristics, Irish

Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) — Politics and government

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

DA990.U46 C674 2015eb

ISBNs:

9781137453945 (electronic bk.)
113745394X (electronic bk.)
9781137453938 [Invalid]
1137453931 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

905618718

Other Control Numbers:

EBC2057917 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12003264