Gender Ghosts in McGarry and O'Leary and Representations of the Conflict in Northern Ireland

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6344296
AutoresMarysia Zalewski (0000-0001-5594-5296, University of Aberdeen, autor correspondente)
Ano2005
Volume53
Fascículo1
Páginas201-221
Data de publicação2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolitical Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9248.2005.00524.x
OpenAlexW2107881076
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas27

This article focuses on how ideas about gender function in academic analyses of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Part of the reason for doing this is to explore the paradox afflicting contemporary feminism, namely that in the midst of apparent success feminism still seems largely irrelevant to matters of political significance. A second reason involves a demonstration of the political value of poststructural feminism. To achieve these aims, I first consider the use and political aims of poststructuralist analyses, partly through an analysis of the use of poetry in social scientific analyses. The main site used to demonstrate the functions of gender and the political possibilities of poststructural feminism is John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary's book Explaining Northern Ireland: Broken Images. The sub-title of this book refers to a Robert Graves' poem, ‘In Broken Images’, a poem the authors use to explain their desire to ‘break images’ when explaining the conflict in Northern Ireland. I next reflect on and illustrate how ideas about gender function by focusing primarily on Explaining Northern Ireland: Broken Images. The final section re-considers the paradox of contemporary feminism, suggesting that feminism's own methodologies contribute towards its persistent marginalisation

Art · Ethnology · Feminism · Literature · Northern ireland · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Irish and British Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration