Shattering Silence, Women, Nationalism, and Political Subjectivity in Northern Island
by Aretxaga, Begona
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- 069103754X
- ISBN 13
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Princeton, New Jersey, USA : Princeton University Press, 1997. First edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Quarto. Binding is tight, Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All neat and clean Card cover corners slightly bumped This book, the first feminist ethnography of the violence in Northern Ireland, is an analysis of a political conflict through the lens of gender. The case in point is the working-class Catholic resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland. During the 1970s women in Catholic/nationalist districts of Belfast organized themselves into street committees and led popular forms of resistance against the policies of the government of Northern Ireland and, after its demise, against those of the British. In the abundant literature on the conflict, however, the political tactics of nationalist women have passed virtually unnoticed. Begoña Aretxaga argues here that these hitherto invisible practices were an integral part of the social dynamic of the conflict and had important implications for the broader organization of nationalist forms of resistance and gender relationships.
Combining interpretative anthropology and poststructuralist feminist theory, Aretxaga contributes not only to anthropology and feminist studies but also to research on ethnic and social conflict by showing the gendered constitution of political violence. She goes further than asserting that violence affects men and women differently by arguing that the manners in which violence is gendered are not fixed but constantly shifting, depending on the contingencies of history, social class, and ethnic identity. Thus any attempt at subverting gender inequality is necessarily colored by other dimensions of political experience. Some B & W photos
Combining interpretative anthropology and poststructuralist feminist theory, Aretxaga contributes not only to anthropology and feminist studies but also to research on ethnic and social conflict by showing the gendered constitution of political violence. She goes further than asserting that violence affects men and women differently by arguing that the manners in which violence is gendered are not fixed but constantly shifting, depending on the contingencies of history, social class, and ethnic identity. Thus any attempt at subverting gender inequality is necessarily colored by other dimensions of political experience. Some B & W photos
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- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
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- Title
- Shattering Silence, Women, Nationalism, and Political Subjectivity in Northern Island
- Author
- Aretxaga, Begona
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 069103754X
- ISBN 13
- 9780691037547
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 211
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Feminists & Feminism feminism, women, Norther Ireland, politics
- X weight
- 370 kg
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