The Politics of Memoir and the Northern Ireland Conflict - 9781786940148

The Politics of Memoir and the Northern Ireland ConflictAuthor(s): Stephen Hopkins\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781786940148, 978-1786940148\nSynopsis\nThis book examines memoir-writing by many of the key political actors in the Northern Irish Troubles [tel], and argues that memoir has been a neglected dimension of the study of the legacies of the violent conflict. It investigates these sources in the context of ongoing disputes over how to interpret Northern Irelands recent past. A careful reading of these memoirs can provide insights into the lived experience and retrospective judgments of some of the main protagonists of the conflict. The period of relative peace rests upon an uneasy calm in Northern Ireland. Many people continue to inhabit contested ideological territories, and in their strategies for shaping the narrative telling of the conflict, key individuals within the Protestant Uni.