Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity 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.
Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity 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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Olaf Zenker is Junior Professor at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin. He received his PhD from the Martin Luther University and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany, and obtained his habilitation from the University of Bern, Switzerland. His publications include the co-edited volume Beyond Writing Culture: Current Intersections of Epistemologies and Representational Practices (Berghahn Books, 2010).
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Dedication Epigraph List of Tables, Figures, Maps Acknowledgements Glossary PROLOGUE Chapter 1. A Walk of Life: Entering Catholic West Belfast Chapter 2. Framing the Research: Analytical Approach and Methodology * The Analytical Framework for the Study of Ethnic Identity (and the Irish Language) * On Methodology PART I: THE IRISH LANGUAGE IN CATHOLIC WEST BELFAST Chapter 3. Fáilte isteach - Welcome In Chapter 4. Becoming a Gaeilgeoir * Roibeárd, age 63 * Rónán, age 61 * Mairéad, age 58 * Micheál, age 55 * Dónal, age 49 * Fíona, age 47 * Pól, age 47 * Pádraigín, age 40 * Sinéad, age 33 * Caoimhín, age 17 * Preliminary observations Chapter 5. On Prophets, Godfathers, Rebels and Prostitutes:a Contemporary History of the Irish language in Catholic West Belfast * Emerging structural contexts for the Irish language in the 1950s: a prehistory * Prophets on the moral 'High Meadow': the Cumann Cluain Árd * From a hedge(d) school to Irish language industries: godfathers of the Irish language * Rebels with/out a political cause: the Jailtacht and beyond * Prostitutes of the Irish language? * Conclusions Chapter 6. 'Our own native language': Local Representations and Practices of the Irish language * Between purism and pragmatism: the micro-dynamics of Irish language usage * The political hijacking of the Irish language revival: the meso-dynamics of supply and demand * 'Our own native language?' The macro-dynamics of rights activism, ethnicism and nationalism * Conclusions PART II: IRISH IDENTITY IN CATHOLIC WEST BELFAST Chapter 7. 'It's part of what we are' - Identifying Identity Chapter 8. Becoming (Aware of) Who You Are: Irish * Roibeárd, age 63 * Rónán, age 61 * Mairéad, age 58 * Micheál, age 55 * Dónal, age 49 * Fíona, age 47 * Pól, age 47 * Pádraigín, age 40 * Sinéad, age 33 * Caoimhín, age 17 * Preliminary observations Chapter 9. Casting Nets of Identity: a Contemporary History of Irishness in Catholic West Belfast * 'A constant counter-narrative to the dominant narrative of the society': emerging structural contexts for/eclosing Irishness in Northern Ireland * No games, just sports? Gaelic games and the playground of Catholic West Belfast * 'If you feel like singing, do sing an Irish song': Irish music in Catholic West Belfast * Knowing how to do your sevens: dancing to the tune of Irishness in Catholic West Belfast * Conclusions Chapter 10. 'Something inside so strong': Local Representations and Practices of Irishness * What it takes to be Irish * The Irishness of Protestants and the politics of a classificatory anomaly * Autochthony as the causal logic behind ethnicity * Conclusions EPILOGUE Chapter 11. 'Trying to make sense of it all': Identity Matters in Catholic West Belfast POST SCRIPTUM Bibliography Index
Dedication Epigraph List of Tables, Figures, Maps Acknowledgements Glossary PROLOGUE Chapter 1. A Walk of Life: Entering Catholic West Belfast Chapter 2. Framing the Research: Analytical Approach and Methodology * The Analytical Framework for the Study of Ethnic Identity (and the Irish Language) * On Methodology PART I: THE IRISH LANGUAGE IN CATHOLIC WEST BELFAST Chapter 3. Fáilte isteach - Welcome In Chapter 4. Becoming a Gaeilgeoir * Roibeárd, age 63 * Rónán, age 61 * Mairéad, age 58 * Micheál, age 55 * Dónal, age 49 * Fíona, age 47 * Pól, age 47 * Pádraigín, age 40 * Sinéad, age 33 * Caoimhín, age 17 * Preliminary observations Chapter 5. On Prophets, Godfathers, Rebels and Prostitutes:a Contemporary History of the Irish language in Catholic West Belfast * Emerging structural contexts for the Irish language in the 1950s: a prehistory * Prophets on the moral 'High Meadow': the Cumann Cluain Árd * From a hedge(d) school to Irish language industries: godfathers of the Irish language * Rebels with/out a political cause: the Jailtacht and beyond * Prostitutes of the Irish language? * Conclusions Chapter 6. 'Our own native language': Local Representations and Practices of the Irish language * Between purism and pragmatism: the micro-dynamics of Irish language usage * The political hijacking of the Irish language revival: the meso-dynamics of supply and demand * 'Our own native language?' The macro-dynamics of rights activism, ethnicism and nationalism * Conclusions PART II: IRISH IDENTITY IN CATHOLIC WEST BELFAST Chapter 7. 'It's part of what we are' - Identifying Identity Chapter 8. Becoming (Aware of) Who You Are: Irish * Roibeárd, age 63 * Rónán, age 61 * Mairéad, age 58 * Micheál, age 55 * Dónal, age 49 * Fíona, age 47 * Pól, age 47 * Pádraigín, age 40 * Sinéad, age 33 * Caoimhín, age 17 * Preliminary observations Chapter 9. Casting Nets of Identity: a Contemporary History of Irishness in Catholic West Belfast * 'A constant counter-narrative to the dominant narrative of the society': emerging structural contexts for/eclosing Irishness in Northern Ireland * No games, just sports? Gaelic games and the playground of Catholic West Belfast * 'If you feel like singing, do sing an Irish song': Irish music in Catholic West Belfast * Knowing how to do your sevens: dancing to the tune of Irishness in Catholic West Belfast * Conclusions Chapter 10. 'Something inside so strong': Local Representations and Practices of Irishness * What it takes to be Irish * The Irishness of Protestants and the politics of a classificatory anomaly * Autochthony as the causal logic behind ethnicity * Conclusions EPILOGUE Chapter 11. 'Trying to make sense of it all': Identity Matters in Catholic West Belfast POST SCRIPTUM Bibliography Index
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