Manchester University Press
8 Gender and ethno-nationalist politics
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Fidelma Ashe
Abstract
This chapter examines the issue of feminism and mainstream scholarship and considers the continuing importance of feminist research within the context of Northern Irish politics. It then genders the Northern Irish conflict by examining three aspects of ethno-gender politics: ethno-gender ideologies or discourses, ethno-gendered inequalities and gendered practices of resistance within an ethno-nationalist society. The chapter illustrates the connection between ethnic conflict and gender power, albeit from a marginal and bounded location. It also illustrates how feminist and gender politics are part of the political culture of Northern Ireland and offers conceptual resources to academics engaged in investigating the conflict. The chapter also examines three forms of gendered resistance to gender power in Northern Ireland: organised feminism, military femininity and resistances based around traditional female identities. Feminist theory can be utilised to analyse dimensions of ethno-nationalist conflict.
Abstract
This chapter examines the issue of feminism and mainstream scholarship and considers the continuing importance of feminist research within the context of Northern Irish politics. It then genders the Northern Irish conflict by examining three aspects of ethno-gender politics: ethno-gender ideologies or discourses, ethno-gendered inequalities and gendered practices of resistance within an ethno-nationalist society. The chapter illustrates the connection between ethnic conflict and gender power, albeit from a marginal and bounded location. It also illustrates how feminist and gender politics are part of the political culture of Northern Ireland and offers conceptual resources to academics engaged in investigating the conflict. The chapter also examines three forms of gendered resistance to gender power in Northern Ireland: organised feminism, military femininity and resistances based around traditional female identities. Feminist theory can be utilised to analyse dimensions of ethno-nationalist conflict.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of tables ix
- List of figures x
- Notes on contributors xi
- Acknowledgement xiv
- 1 Introduction 1
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Part I Political developments and divisions
- 2 Telling stories, facing truths 29
- 3 From conflict to communal politics 49
- 4 Belfast 73
- 5 Spatial planning in contested territory 88
- 6 Policing change 110
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Part II Social identities
- 7 Religious change and persistence 135
- 8 Gender and ethno-nationalist politics 156
- 9 The glacier moves? 175
- 10 Whiteness, racism and exclusion 192
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Part III Cultural practices
- 11 Still taking sides 215
- 12 From shellshock rock to ceasefire sounds 232
- 13 House training the paramilitaries 253
- Index 273
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of tables ix
- List of figures x
- Notes on contributors xi
- Acknowledgement xiv
- 1 Introduction 1
-
Part I Political developments and divisions
- 2 Telling stories, facing truths 29
- 3 From conflict to communal politics 49
- 4 Belfast 73
- 5 Spatial planning in contested territory 88
- 6 Policing change 110
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Part II Social identities
- 7 Religious change and persistence 135
- 8 Gender and ethno-nationalist politics 156
- 9 The glacier moves? 175
- 10 Whiteness, racism and exclusion 192
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Part III Cultural practices
- 11 Still taking sides 215
- 12 From shellshock rock to ceasefire sounds 232
- 13 House training the paramilitaries 253
- Index 273
