Irish/ness Is All Around Us

<ul> <li> A detailed ethnography of Irish-speaking and Irish-speakers in contemporary west Belfast</li> <li> Sheds new light on the issues attending language revivalism in Ireland and its intersection with historic conflict in N.Ireland</li> <li> Explores the complexities of changing and contradictory senses of Irishness and shifting practices of "Irish culture" in the domains of language music dance and sports.</li> <li> Appeals to a broad readership in anthropology sociology cultural studies history and political science concerned with the mechanisms behind ethno-national conflict and the politics of culture and and identity in general</li></ul>