{"product_id":"talking-stones-the-politics-of-memorialization-in-post-conflict-northern-ireland-9781785333415","title":"Talking Stones: The Politics of Memorialization","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIf memory was simply about past events, public authorities would never put their ever-shrinking budgets at its service. Rather, memory is actually about the present moment, as Pierre Nora puts it: “Through the past, we venerate above all ourselves.” This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study, this book investigates how non-state, often proscribed, organizations have filled a societal vacuum in the creation of public memorials. In particular, these groups have sifted through the past to propose “official” collective narratives of national identification, historical legitimation, and moral justifications for violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Viggiani’s text is a thorough examination of many of the iconic artefacts of a forty-year-long conflict that has shaped the politics and memories of generations of people from all sides of The Troubles. In addition to her text, she has developed an extensive website which more fully examines the quantitative data she has collected… her work will not only add to the compendium of extant work but expand our existing knowledge on memorialization in areas of conflict and recovery.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e·Journal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an excellent book that makes a major contribution by presenting the most comprehensive study yet written on the meaning and significance, past and present, of the ubiquitous political memorials that mark the urban terrain of one of the most famously politically divided cities in the world.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· CritCom – Council for European Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Viggiani successfully chronicles both intergroup and intragroup forces and rivalries, while also exploring the makers and receivers of the emplaced narratives produced by multiple actors. The book is a valuable contribution to the anthropology of memory and of materiality, and it is also a timely reminder of the presence and prominence of substate and non-state agents in a world where it is often still assumed that states have a monopoly not only on power but on knowledge.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Anthropology Review Database\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an excellent piece of work, one of the best of its kind. The ethnographic approach, with the actual testimonies, is very well done.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Jack Santino\u003c\/strong\u003e, Bowling Green State University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an excellent account of the reproduction of collective memory and its associated narratives. It delves into the nature and construction of memory and the related forms of propaganda and myth making therein. The inquiry into the construction of memorialization is vital for any scholar of divided societies, nation-building and community construction. The book is important in that it not only describes the processes of such construction but also pinpoints an analysis of the interpretation of meaning.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Peter Shirlow\u003c\/strong\u003e, Queen’s University Belfast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tForeword by \u003cem\u003eHastings Donnan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: Memorials as Silent Extras or Scripted Actors?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\tBook Outline\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCollective Memory and the Politics of Memorialisation: a Theoretical Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMemory in the Social World: Collectiveness versus Individuality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Shaping of Collective Memory: Present versus Past\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\u003cem\u003eLieux de Mémoire\u003c\/em\u003eas Conveyors of Social Memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPoliticised Remembering: the Nexus between Memory and Power \t\t\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tThe Politics of War Memory and Commemoration\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Memory Makers and the Projection of Narratives about the Past\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMethodological Framework \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tDatabase of Memorials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tSurvey of Local Population\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tInterviews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tCommemorations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe Armalite and the Paintbrush: a Brief History of Memorialization of the Troubles in Northern Ireland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCommemorating during the Troubles \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tFunerals and Communal Burials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tAnnual Commemorations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Mural Painting Tradition in Northern Ireland \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tThe Early Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tArmed Struggle and Party-political Murals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tPost-ceasefire and Peace Process Murals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe 1998 Agreement and the ‘Boom’ of Permanent Memorialization \t\t\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tPost-Agreement Murals\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPermanent Memorials \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorials to Paramilitary Combatants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorials to Civilian Casualties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorials to Security Forces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorials in Government Buildings, Party Offices, Workplaces and Churches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tCommemorative Banners and Memorial Bands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorial Publications, Commemorative Pamphlets and Oral History Projects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorial Prizes, Awards and Trophies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPost-conflict Commemorations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPeace or Cross-community Memorials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe ‘Landscape of Memorialization’ in Belfast: Spatial and Temporal Reflections\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘New’ Cultural Geography and the Concept of Landscape as ‘Text’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBelfast and the Ethnicization of Space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Spatial Dimension of Memorialization \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorials as Territorial Markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorials as Aide-Mémoires  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorials as Sacred Places\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Temporal Dimension of Memorialization \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorials: End of the War or Continuation through Different Means?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorials: still here or never again?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMemorials as Identity ‘Crutches’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe ‘Memory Makers’ and the Projection of Narratives of the Troubles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndividual ‘Stories’ versus the Collective ‘History’ of the Troubles: the Power of the Narrative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRepublican and Loyalist Memorials: the Projection of Opposing Narratives of The Troubles \t\t\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tTwo Imagined Communities: Creating a Symbolic National Identification\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCherry-picking from History: Opposing Versions of a Shared Past \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tAncestries of Resistance: Manufacturing Genealogies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tForgetting to Remember: Social Amnesia and Euphemization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tDelegitimizing the Enemy: Demonization and Stigmatization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTalkative Dead Bodies: the Politics of Commemorations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. The Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden: Constructing a Dominant Republican Narrative\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe 1998 Agreement and the Prisoners’ ‘Issue’: the Formation of Ex-prisoners’ Groups \t\t\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tThe Greater Clonard Ex-Prisoners’ Association\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEnlisting the ‘Unsung Heroes’ in the Republican Narrative: Local History and Memorial Projects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Clonard Martyrs Memorial GardeN \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tPlanning Permission and Relationship with Local Authorities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tFunding, Building Materials and Manpower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConstruction of a Successful Dominant Narrative: Iconography, Language and Historical Selection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPerpetuating Collective Memory: Periodic cCommemorations in Clonard          \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe IRSP\/INLA Teach Na Fáilte Memorial Committee: Constructing a Sectional Republican Narrative\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe IRSP\/INLA Teach Na Fáilte Memorial Committee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tReclaiming a Place in History for the INLA: the 1981 Hunger Strike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAdvancing a Sectional Narrative of the Troubles: the Belfast Teach Na Fáilte’s Memorial Programme \t\t\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tUnveiling ceremonies\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tProvisional Republican and Republican Socialist Commemorations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOpposing the Dominant Republican Narrative: Post-1998 Republican Socialist Rhetoric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 1913 UVF and the Myth of the Somme: Constructing a Loyalist ‘Golden Age’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘Lest We Forget’: Loyalist Landscape of Memorialization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘From the Battlefields of the Somme to the Barricades of the Shankill’: Borrowing Legitimacy \t\t\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tMainstream Unionism, Republicanism and the Modern UVF Narrative\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDisraeli Street: an Iconic Cluster of Memory \t\t\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tLoyalist Commemorations in Memory of Paramilitary Casualties\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tChanging with the History Tune: the Evolution of the UVF Narrative          \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe UDA Sandy Row Memorial Garden: Attempting a Narrative of Symbolic Accretion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘You Are now Entering Loyalist Sandy Row’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTiptoeing through History in Search of Illustrious ‘Forefathers’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Sandy Row Memorial Garden: Attempting to Appropriate the Myth of the Somme \t\t\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tLay Out and Iconography\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRole of Families in the Memorial Process\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRemembrance Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘What the World Needs now Is Love, Sweet love’: 2007 UDA Remembrance Sunday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘Awakening the Sleeping Giant’: Macro and Micropolitics at Commemorations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDissecting Consensus: Memory Receivers and the Narrative’s ‘Hidden Transcript’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tParamilitary Groups and Local Communities: a Complex Relationship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCoexisting in Ambivalence: Memorials and Local Residents \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tConsultation and ‘Ownership’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tCohabiting the Same Space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tReasons behind Memorialization \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tSocial Memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tTerritorialization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tHistorical Change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tPolitico-ideological Exercise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Memory of the Dead: Seeking Common Ground?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\tAt Last, a Common Ground in Northern Ireland?         \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix A:\u003c\/strong\u003e List of Memorials\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix B:\u003c\/strong\u003e Emblems and Flags\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042388902231,"sku":"9781785333415","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785333415.jpg?v=1750954009","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/talking-stones-the-politics-of-memorialization-in-post-conflict-northern-ireland-9781785333415","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}