Research Catalog

Title

Ghosts of the Somme : commemoration and culture war in Northern Ireland / Jonathan Evershed.

Author

Evershed, Jonathan

Publication

• Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Description

xx, 294 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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.

Alternative Title

Commemoration and culture war in Northern Ireland

Subject

• Great Britain. Army. Division, 36th
• Somme, 1st Battle of the (France : 1916)
• World War (1914-1918)
• 1914-2099
• 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
• Anniversaries
• Collective memory
• Group identity
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Political culture
• Politics and government
• Ireland > Politics and government > 21st century
• France
• Ireland
• Northern Ireland

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-281) and index.

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"?

Call Number

JFE 18-1335

ISBN

• 9780268103859
• 0268103852

LCCN

2018011948

OCLC

1018462824

Author

Evershed, Jonathan, author.

Title

Ghosts of the Somme : commemoration and culture war in Northern Ireland / Jonathan Evershed.

Publisher

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-281) and index.

Chronological Term

1914-2099

Other Form:

Online version: Evershed, Jonathan, 1989- Ghosts of the Somme. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018] 9780268103873 (DLC) 2018012581

Research Call Number

JFE 18-1335