TY - BOOK
T1 - Not the troubles
T2 - Alternative narratives from Belfast
AU - Lane, Karen Lesley
PY - 2025/7
Y1 - 2025/7
N2 - Belfast is often analysed as a divided society, anchored in ethno-politico-religious differences amid a long history of conflict. However, shifting the focus of academic attention reveals a range of alternative narratives of city life. Using storytelling as a leitmotif, this ethnographic account explores the epistemological validity of engaging with strangers in a range of settings, such as street corners, a hairdresser’s and a storytelling evening. It considers how creative writers represent life in Belfast. The author employs a variety of methods, including a dog as a research assistant and storytelling on location which demonstrates how people can re-shape and re-narrate life in Belfast.
AB - Belfast is often analysed as a divided society, anchored in ethno-politico-religious differences amid a long history of conflict. However, shifting the focus of academic attention reveals a range of alternative narratives of city life. Using storytelling as a leitmotif, this ethnographic account explores the epistemological validity of engaging with strangers in a range of settings, such as street corners, a hairdresser’s and a storytelling evening. It considers how creative writers represent life in Belfast. The author employs a variety of methods, including a dog as a research assistant and storytelling on location which demonstrates how people can re-shape and re-narrate life in Belfast.
UR - https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/LaneNot
U2 - 10.3167/9781836950318
DO - 10.3167/9781836950318
M3 - Book
SN - 9781836950318
T3 - Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement
BT - Not the troubles
PB - Berghahn
CY - Oxford
ER -