Description
Book Synopsis This book presents a nuanced view of Northern Ireland, a place at once deeply mired in its past and seeking to forge a new future for itself as a ‘post-post-conflict’ place within the context of a changing United Kingdom, a disintegrating Europe, and a globalized world. This is a Northern Ireland that is conflicted, segregated, and marginalized within modern Europe, but also hopeful and forward looking, seeking to articulate for itself a new place in the contemporary world.
Trade Review “[Rush] focuses on a very interesting and unusual area (Northern Ireland), one in which community arts can play a particularly rich, complex series of roles, which she draws out and then dissects skillfully.” • Jeremy MacClancy, Oxford Brookes University
“I strongly recommend this book … It is a joy to read.” • Raphaela Henze, Heilbronn University
Table of Contents List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Cracked Art World
Chapter 1. Community Arts in Context: Between Post-Conflict and Post-Post-Conflict Imaginaries
Chapter 2. Becoming Actors in Later Life: Older People’s Community Theatre
Chapter 3. Restoration and Resurrection: Religion and Dialogue in Community History Theatre
Chapter 4. Layers of the Post-Post-Conflict: Street Art and Urban Narratives in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter
Chapter 5. Up the Hill: Politicians, Protests, and Community Arts under Austerity
Conclusion: Whither Community Arts in Northern Ireland?
References
Index
