Not the Troubles

Alternative Narratives from Belfast

Karen Lane (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

2025
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
9781836950318 (ISBN)

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Belfast is often analysed as a divided society, anchored in ethno-politico-religious differences amid a long history of conflict. However, shifting the focus of academic attention reveals a range of alternative narratives of city life. Using storytelling as a leitmotif, this ethnographic account explores the epistemological validity of engaging with strangers in a range of settings, such as street corners, a hairdresser’s and a storytelling evening. It considers how creative writers represent life in Belfast. The author employs a variety of methods, including a dog as a research assistant and storytelling on location which demonstrates how people can re-shape and re-narrate life in Belfast.

Karen Lane is a lecturer and Evening Degree Co-ordinator in social anthropology at the University of St Andrews. Her research interests are in storytelling, urban anthropology and using sensory knowledge as a research, teaching and learning tool. She was awarded the David Riches medal in 2017.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Storying of Everyday Life in Belfast

Chapter 1. Lovey Day for a Dander: Stories on the Street Corner

Chapter 2. Josie, the Mirror and Me: Performative Storytelling

Chapter 3. Ten by Nine: Personal Storytelling in Public

Chapter 4. Putting ‘Place’ in its Place: Storytelling on Location

Chapter 5. Stereotypically Belfast? Fictional Representations of City Life

Conclusion: Alternative Narratives from Belfast

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Erscheinungsdatum	03.06.2025
Reihe/Serie	Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement
Zusatzinfo	20 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781836950318 / 9781836950318
Zustand	Neuware