Unionist voices and the politics of remembering the past in Northern Ireland
By: Kirk Simpson.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780230224148
Subjects: Unionism (Irish politics); Memory -- Social aspects -- Northern Ireland; Collective memory -- Political aspects -- Northern Ireland; Unionism (Irish politics) -- Historiography; Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1994-; Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1994- -- Historiography
Description: "In this book, Simpson offers a reflective and theoretical explanation of the ways in which Unionists conceive of the past in the present post-conflict environment. He considers the ways in which scholarly literature has often painted an outdated and inaccurate portrait of a highly complex people"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-173) and index.
Table of contents: title: Thematic introduction and background to the Northern Ireland conflict; title: 'They started it': Unionists, memory, and subjectivist constructions of the political 'other'; title: 'It was worse in the beginning': Recalling the adjustment to political violence; title: Untold stories: Unionist remembrance of political violence and suffering in Northern Ireland; title: 'Cold storage': The disappearance of unionist storytelling and the conflict; title: 'Ready to speak, but will anyone listen?': Truth recovery, unionists, and social memory; title: Conclusion: Mastering the past in Northern Ireland.