Irish/ness Is All Around Us

Language Revivalism and the Culture of Ethnic Identity in Northern Ireland

von Olaf Zenker

320 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A detailed ethnography of Irish-speaking and Irish-speakers in contemporary west Belfast Sheds new light on the issues attending language revivalism in Ireland and its intersection with historic conflict in N.Ireland Explores the complexities of changing and contradictory senses of Irishness and shifting practices of "Irish culture" in the domains of language, music, dance and sports. Appeals to a broad readership in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, history and political science concerned with the mechanisms behind ethno-national conflict and the politics of culture and and identity in general

• Reihe: Integration and Conflict Studies
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie
• ISBN: 9780857459138
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.04.2013
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books