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Book SynopsisA feminist ethnography of the violence in Northern Ireland, this book presents an analysis of a political conflict through the lens of gender. The case in point is the working-class Catholic resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland.
Trade Review"An important book. Through clearly-written, thoroughly-grounded, and conscientious ethnography, Aretxaga urges readers away from the pat caricature of a brutal and male-dominated Northern Ireland, and toward an informed understanding of the complexity and poignancy of the lives and history of its subjects."--Das Historisch-Politische Buch
Table of ContentsPrefaceCh. 1Opening the Space of Interpretation3Ch. 2Catholic West Belfast: A Sense of Place24Ch. 3Gender Trouble and the Transformation of Consciousness54Ch. 4The Ritual Politics of Historical Legitimacy80Ch. 5The Gendered Politics of Suffering: Women of the RAC105Ch. 6The Power of Sexual Difference: Armagh Women122Ch. 7En-Gendering a Nation146Afterword170Notes177References185Index201
