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Politics and Performance in Contemporary Northern Ireland

American Conference for Irish Studies

出版	University of Massachusetts Press, 1999
主題	History / Europe / IrelandLiterary Criticism / DramaPerforming Arts / Theater / GeneralPerforming Arts / Theater / History & CriticismPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / World / EuropeanSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
ISBN	15584919619781558491960
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9SpaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

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In this interdisciplinary volume, scholars from Northern Ireland, the United States, Canada, and England examine the junctures of politics and performance in contemporary Northern Ireland. Four of the chapters are about performances that are intended primarily for live theater or television. The remaining five describe dramatic struggles played out in the pubs and drinking clubs of Protestant Ulster, local district councils, political organizations, the police force, and even the memories of young people.Symbolic struggle is particularly important during the current period of fragile cease-fires and brokered agreements in Northern Ireland. With the diminution of paramilitary action, more attention now focuses on symbolic performances. Each of the nine essays in this book tells us in its own distinct voice how the story of political conflict is constructed, manipulated, portrayed, and remembered.By juxtaposing essays on theatrical performance alongside social scientific analyses, the editors remind us of the reflexivity of political life in Northern Ireland. Taken together, the essays show how individuals have been shaped by the historical context of the Troubles and how they have used their performances, in the theater and on the stage of daily life, to define identities, reinforce ideologies, and build institutional support. --Publisher description.