The contested identities of Ulster Protestants
By: edited by Thomas Paul Burgess and Gareth Mulvenna
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781137453938
Subjects: Protestants; Political activity; Attitudes; Unionism (Irish politics); Peace-building; Irish National characteristics; Politics and government; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Terrorism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
Description: "'Flags', 'Emblems' and 'The Past'; three seemingly insurmountable challenges which continue to hinder the peace process in Northern Ireland. For many, the responsibility for the impasse that scuppered the Haass talks and brought violent protests to the streets of Belfast appears to rest with the perceived intransigence of the Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist communities to embrace change. That this community is itself riven with internal rancour and discord should come as no surprise. Issues of social class, denominational alignment, political aspiration and national identity have historically divided what outsiders have often mistakenly viewed as a collective cultural, religious and socio-political entity.This study explores the statement by Henry McDonald that this is '...the least fashionable community in Western Europe'. A diverse group of contributors including prominent politicians, academics, journalists and artists investigate the reasons informing public perceptions attaching to the Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist communities in Ulster"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction - Paul Burgess and Gareth Mulvenna; title: 1. Beginning to talk to 'Billy': Revising Southern Stereotypes of Unionism; Eoghan Harris; title: 2. Investigating the Protestant 'Kaleidoscope'; Henry McDonald; title: 3. Lost in Translation: Loyalism and the Media; Malachi O'Doherty; title: 4. Typical Unionists? The Politicians and their People, Past and Present; James Greer; title: 5. 'Doing Their Bit': Gendering the Constitution of Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist Identities; Fidelma Ashe and Caireen McCluskey; title: 6. The Re-invention of the Orange Order: Triumphalism or Orangefest?; Brian Kennaway; title: 7. Loyalism on Film and Out of Context; Stephen Baker; title: 8. This Sporting Life: Anything to Declare? Community Allegiance, Sports and the National Question; Thomas Paul Burgess; title: 9. No-One Likes Us, We Don't Care: What is to be (un) done about Ulster Protestant Identity?; Robbie McVeigh; title: 10. Celebration and Controversy in America: At Home with the Scots-Irish Diaspora; John Wilson and Alister McReynolds; title: 11. Convergence; Graham Reid; title: 12. Labour Aristocracies, Triumphalism and Melancholy: Misconceptions of the Protestant Working Class and Loyalist Community; Gareth Mulvenna; title: 13. To the Beat of a Different Drum; Loyalist Youth and the Culture of Marching Bands; Sam McCready and Neil Symington; title: 14. Blood Sacrifice for Queen and Country: Paramilitarism and Political Manoeuvrings; Billy Hutchinson.