Lullabies and Battle Cries

<p> Set against a volatile political landscape Irish republican culture has struggled to maintain continuity with the past affirm legitimacy in the present and generate a sense of community for the future. <em>Lullabies and Battle Cries</em> explores the relationship between music emotion memory and identity in republican parading bands with a focus on how this music continues to be utilized in a post-conflict climate. As author Jaime Rollins shows rebel parade music provides a foundational idiom of national and republican expression acting as a critical medium for shaping new political identities within continually shifting dynamics of republican culture.</p>