Storytelling on the northern Irish border
Subtitle: characters and community
By: Ray Cashman.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780253352521
Subjects: Storytelling -- Northern Ireland -- Castlederg; Aghyaran (Castlederg, Northern Ireland) -- Folklore
Description: "Folklore is crucial to life in Aghyaran, a mixed Catholic-Protestant border community in Northern Ireland. Neighbors socialize during wakes and ceilis (informal nighttime gatherings) regardless of religious, ethnic, or political affiliations. The witty, sometimes raucous stories swapped on these occasions offer a window into community and identity in the wake of decades of violent conflict and change. Through local character anecdotes, participants explore the nature of community and identity in ways that may transcend exclusively Catholic or Protestant sectarian histories and identities."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Goals and orientations; title: Aghyaran : a sense of place and history; title: Ceilis as storytelling contexts; title: Wakes as storytelling contexts; title: Local character anecdotes; title: The wider range of storytelling genres; title: Anecdotes and the literary character; title: Anecdotes and the local character; title: Anecdote cycles and personality traits; title: Patterns and implications; title: Storytelling, commemoration, and identity.