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Book SynopsisFrench and Irish societies have been characterised in recent times by major upheavals brought about by the threat of terrorism, the collapse of economic and social structures, mass migration, the diminished role of organised religion, the ghettoization of minorities, increased homelessness and a general distrust of institutions. As a result of all these changes, the margins are now beginning to attract more and more people who find themselves placed in disadvantaged circumstances through political upheaval and/or economic or cultural necessity.In this volume, the sociocultural perspective theory which has emerged in the field of social psychology (as put forward by Catherine Sanderson)is extended to the study of life on the edge in France and Ireland. The effects of sociocultural factors on individual and collective identities are assessed in two societies that share a large number of characteristics as members of the European Union, but still retain specificities resulting from the impact of distinct historically shapedsociocultural forces. Three test research areas appear particularly significant to assess change: human rights, marginalisation and exclusion; food and drink on the margins;the links between diaspora and marginality. These areasare examined from an interdisciplinary perspective in the hope of proposingground-breaking hypotheses that might assist us to understand the world we live in.
Table of ContentsList of Figures – Catherine Maignant and Eamon Maher: Acknowledgements – Introduction: Margins and Marginalities in Ireland and France: A Sociocultural Perspective – Human Rights, Marginalisation and Exclusion – Mathew Staunton: The Meaning of Nothing: Curating Empty Archives of Child Maltreatment from the Margins – Sarah Fleming: Transformation and Creativity from the Margins to the Centre: Homelessness and Liminality in Ireland and France – Christine O’Dowd-Smyth: La France fracturée: From La marche des Beurs to Les gilets jaunes – Brigitte Bastiat: Female Friendship and Marginalities in the Suburbs of Paris and Dublin in the Films Divines (Houda Benyamina, 2016) et Pyjama Girls (Maya Derrington, 2010) – Tony Kiely: ‘Attending to the Margins’: Lessons for an Ailing Catholic Church in Ireland – Food and Drink on the Margins – Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire: From the Dark Margins to the Spotlight: The Evolution of Gastronomy and Food Studies in Ireland – John D. Mulcahy: A Nexus of Food, Tourism and Education in Ireland – at the Margins or the Centre? An Autoethnographic Perspective – Brian Murphy: From ‘Beating Heart’ to ‘Beaten Down’: Disruption and the Rural Irish Pub – Patricia Medcalf: Calling Time on Alcohol Advertising in Ireland – Diaspora and Marginality – Julien Guillaumond: Out of the Margins: Is France Following an Irish Model When Connecting with Its Diaspora? – Timothy J. White and Josette Smith: The Role of the Diaspora in Redefining Irish Identity: Brooklyn and Recent Irish Migration – Catherine Maignant: Vivianne Crowley, Ecofeminist Activism and Neopaganism: A Franco-Irish Case Study – Declan O’keeffe: Living in the Margins and on the Edge: How the Irish Conquered the Alps – Notes on Contributors – Index.
