Eammon Hughes
(Queen's University of Belfast)

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About the book | Table of contents

About the book

Seeks to correct some of the distortions propagated about Northern Ireland by the media's emphasis on violence and division within the province. The book examines various aspects of life in Northern Ireland, and especially the role of the arts in transcending sectarian barriers.

Table of contents

Introduction - Northern Ireland, border country, Eamonn Hughes Northern Ireland - a place apart?, George Boyce "Why can't you get along with each other" - culture, structure and the Northern Ireland conflict, Joseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd Cuchullian and an RPO-7 - the ideology and politics of the Ulster Defence Association, James W McAuley the Labour Party and Northern Ireland in the 1980s, Jonathan Moore women in Northern Ireland - an overview, Monica McWilliams economic change and the position of women in Northern Ireland, Hazel Morrisey notes on the novel in Irish, Sean Hutton Field Day's fifth province - avenue and impasse, Shaun Richards intellectuals and political culture - Unionist-Nationalist comparison, Liam O'Dowd