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Record Nr.

UNISA996248153803316

Autore

Cashman Ray

Titolo

Storytelling on the Northern Irish border : characters and community / / Ray Cashman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-280-12440-7

9786613528261

0-253-00568-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

398.209416/4

398.2094164

Soggetti

Storytelling - Northern Ireland - Castlederg

Aghyaran (Castlederg, Northern Ireland) Folklore

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[267]-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Goals and orientations -- Aghyaran : a sense of place and history -- Ceilis as storytelling contexts -- Wakes as storytelling contexts -- Local character anecdotes -- The wider range of storytelling genres -- Anecdotes and the literary character -- Anecdotes and the local character -- Anecdote cycles and personality traits -- Patterns and implications -- Storytelling, commemoration, and identity.

Sommario/riassunto

More than quaint local color, folklore is a crucial part of life in Aghyaran, a mixed Catholic-Protestant border community in Northern Ireland. Neighbors socialize during wakes and ceilis-informal nighttime gatherings-without regard to religious, ethnic, or political affiliation. The witty, sometimes raucous stories swapped on these occasions offer a window into Aghyaran residents' views of self and other in the wake of decades of violent conflict. Through anecdotes about local characters, participants explore the nature of community and identity in ways that transcend Catholic or Protestan