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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.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: One. (Re)theorizing Commemoration
• Two. "What does it mean to follow a ghost?": Locating "the Field" and the Ethics of Empathy
• Three. Policy, Peace-Building, and "the Past" during the Decade of Centenaries
• Four. Peace as Defeat: Loyalism and the Culture War in the "New" Northern Ireland
• Five. "Our culture is their bravery": Commemoration and the Culture War
• Six. Ghost Dance: Memory Work and Loyalism's Conflicted Hauntology
• Seven. "Dupes no more"? Loyalist Commemoration and the Politics of Peace-Building.

Author/Creator:

Evershed, Jonathan , 1989-, author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Ghosts of the Somme: commemoration and culture war in Northern Ireland [by Evershed, J.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Ghosts of the Somme [by Evershed, J.] (Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018] — ISBN 9780268103873; LCCN 2018012581)

Subjects:

Great Britain Army — Division, 36th

Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 — Centennial celebrations, etc.

World War, 1914-1918 — Northern Ireland — Anniversaries, etc.

World War, 1914-1918 — Ireland — Influence

Collective memory — Northern Ireland

Group identity — Northern Ireland

Political culture — Northern Ireland

Ireland — Politics and government — 21st century

General Notes:

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

DA962 .E84 2018eb

ISBNs:

9780268103873 (electronic bk.)
0268103879 (electronic bk.)
9780268103859 [Invalid]
0268103852 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1029063685

Other Control Numbers:

EBC5396583 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp15438295