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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961158403321

Autore

McIntyre Alice <1956->

Titolo

Women in Belfast : how violence shapes identity / / Alice McIntyre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2004

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

9798216037088

9786612409172

9781282409170

1282409174

9780313059612

0313059616

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

305.4/09416/7

Soggetti

Public opinion - Northern Ireland - Belfast

Women - Northern Ireland - Belfast - Attitudes

Working class women - Northern Ireland - Belfast - Attitudes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Women Researching Their Own Lives: A Framework for Feminist Participatory Action Research -- 2. Past and Present Violence in Women's Lives -- 3. Geographies of Place and Identity: A Visual Story of Monument Road -- 4. Baby Makers and Sweet Colleens: Negotiating the Multiple Identities of Irish Women -- 5. Women and Politics: "How bloody defeatin' is that! -- 6. At the End of the Day -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

In this study, a group of working-class women narrate their own stories, lives, and place in Belfast, showing how the geography, community, and--perhaps most of all--conflict becomes deeply intertwined with identity. These women, who have been socially excluded and economically disadvantaged, describe their lives during war and a now precarious peace. Challenging traditional methods of



conducting research in the social sciences, McIntyre enlists Participatory action research to understand how these women see themselves, their world and their place in it. Participatory action research includes creative and interactive projects--collages, painting, poetry, and photography--to enable free expression. We see in this volume how the Belfast women negotiate and struggle with the intersections of violence, politics, gender, parenting, community work, religion, fear, humor, friendship, and their deeply held views of what it means to be an Irish woman.