Contentious rituals: parading the nation in Northern Ireland

"In Contentious Rituals, Jonathan Blake focuses on Protestant parades in Northern Ireland to explain how and why men and women of various backgrounds choose to take part in them. Blake draws on interviews and randomized surveys with participants and non-participants and ethongraphic fieldwork a...

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Main Author: Blake, Jonathan S. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Parades > Public opinion > Northern Ireland
Demonstrations > Public opinion > Northern Ireland
Nationalism > Northern Ireland
Parades > Northern Ireland > Public opinion
Demonstrations > Northern Ireland > Public opinion
Northern Ireland > Social conditions
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Nordirland > Protestant > Parade
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Summary:"In Contentious Rituals, Jonathan Blake focuses on Protestant parades in Northern Ireland to explain how and why men and women of various backgrounds choose to take part in them. Blake draws on interviews and randomized surveys with participants and non-participants and ethongraphic fieldwork at parades and related events across nine Belfast neighborhoods. He finds that partcipants are more interested in the process-oriented benefits intrinsic to the performance of the parades rather than expression of sectartian attitudes or any material incentive. They parade to express collective identity, to uphold tradition, and for the simple of pleasure of partcipiating. In fact, participants insist that their parades have nothing to do with politics at all, despite the fact that parades have sparked ethnic violence and virtually all observers consider them deeply political. Blake suggests this 'paradox of anti-politcs' helps explain the intractable nature of parading; seeing their actions as above politics allows participants to ignore or downplay the consequences"--
Identity on parade in Northern Ireland -- For God and Ulster, self-interest, or social networks? -- Parading mainly for fun and process -- Culture, politics, and the paradox of anti-politics
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Physical Description:xi, 196 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:9780190915582