Synopses & Reviews
In this wide-ranging study of the politics of memory in Northern Ireland, Brian Conway examines the 'career' of the commemoration of Bloody Sunday, and looks at how and why the way this historic event is remembered has undergone change over time. Drawing on original empirical data, he provides new insights into the debate on collective memory.
About the Author
BRIAN CONWAY is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures * Acknowledgments * Abbreviations * Preface * Introduction: People Remembered * Bloody Sunday in Historical Perspective * A ‘Simple People Who Want A Simple Memorial * On the March * 'The Holocaust That Was The Bogside Of Sunday * Picturing the Past
* Conclusion: Trajectories of Memory * Notes * Methodological Appendices * Chronology *
Bibliography * Index