Irish/ness Is All Around Us: Language Revivalism and the Culture of Ethnic Identity in Northern Ireland
Year: 2013
Type: book
Abstract: 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. Failte isteach - Welcome In Chapter 4. Becoming a Gaeilgeoir * Roibeard, age 63 * Ronan, age 61 * Mairead, age 58 * Micheal, age 55 * Donal, age 49 * Fiona, age 47 * Pol, age 47 * Padraigin, age 40 * Sinead, age 33 * Caoimhin, 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 Ard * 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 * Roibeard, age 63 * Ronan, age 61 * Mairead, age 58 * Micheal, age 55 * Donal, age 49 * Fiona, age 47 * Pol, age 47 * Padraigin, age 40 * Sinead, age 33 * Caoimhin, 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
Author: Olaf Zenker
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W628628127