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Women in Belfast How Violence Shapes Identity
Alice McIntyre
Book Code: C7925
ISBN: 0-275-97925-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97925-6
224 pages, photos
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 3/30/2004
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Women Researching their Own Lives: Feminist Participatory Action Research
  • Past and Present Violence in Women's Lives
  • Geographies of Place and Identity: A Visual Story of Monument Road
  • Babymakers and Sweet Colleens: Women's Identities in the North of Ireland
  • Women and/in Politics: "How Bloody Defeatin' Is That!"
  • At the End of the Day
  • References
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2003060153
LCC Class: HQ1599
Dewey Class: 305
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