Reluctant Diasporas of Northern Ireland: Migrant Narratives of Home, Conflict, Difference

Trew, Johanne Devlin

doi:10.1080/13691830903520424

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“…Although ethnic segregation may appear to offer safe zones, this safety is fractured by the threat of political violence, from both external and internal sources and from the fact that the everyday routine of life demands that boundaries be crossed regularly (Trew 2010). This becomes critical in situations where ethnic concealment is necessary.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…12 Elliot (2001), O'Connor (1993), O'Halloran (1987), and Trew (2010) are among the few academics to raise the specter of Northern Catholic belonging. We are the poor, volatile, and embarrassing relatives.…”

Section: Border Crossingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Importantly, concepts of home are as much about identity and memory as they are about territory and place (Black 2002). In her study of Northern Irish migration and diasporic consciousness, Trew (2010) shows that Northern Ireland is a contested homeland for migrants and that developing a sense of belonging is problematic. In her study of Northern Irish migration and diasporic consciousness, Trew (2010) shows that Northern Ireland is a contested homeland for migrants and that developing a sense of belonging is problematic.…”

Section: Migration and Diasporamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It was later reinforced by state housing policies, the activities of paramilitary groups, and the residential choices of citizens. Although ethnic segregation may appear to offer safe zones, this safety is fractured by the threat of political violence, from both external and internal sources and from the fact that the everyday routine of life demands that boundaries be crossed regularly (Trew 2010). Boundaries can be highly visible or relatively invisible to the undiscerning.…”

Section: Tellingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Where is her commitment to Bobby Sands? 12 Elliot (2001), O'Connor (1993), O'Halloran (1987), and Trew (2010) are among the few academics to raise the specter of Northern Catholic belonging. Elliot (2001) attributes a distinct historical identity to Northern Catholics, stemming from geographic isolation and a loss of land and leadership, which situated them in a lower socioeconomic position relative to Catholics in the South.…”

Section: Border Crossingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fear, Silence, and Telling: Catholic Identity in Northern Ireland

McCormack

2017

Anthropology and Humanism

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The concept of "silence" is used to examine the everyday experience of lived violence in the prolonged ethnic conflict in Northern Ireland. I analyze silence as coercion, cultural censorship, embodied, and an integral component of identity and consciousness affected by a diaspora. Silence is intrinsic to the symbolic violence that is enacted in commemorations. This is a silencing of alternative histories and memories, and the ethnic identities in which these are rooted. It is also a silencing of place and an attempt to create new kinds of territorial belongings. I explore the multiple ways through which violence is manifested both symbolically and physically, penetrates the ordinary, as well as the pivotal role of borders in the creation and maintenance of boundaries. I examine how border crossing opens up a liminal space of possibilities. I argue that border regimes are not restricted to the periphery. Rather, they penetrate deep into the center into the informal spaces of the everyday. I argue that silence is a culturally learned strategy through which fear, experienced socially, can be normalized, routinized, and negotiated. I question the efficacy of truth and reconciliation commissions, as well as the drive to "speak" violence. Although the bulk of this essay relates to the production of silence during the Troubles, I extend this analysis to the present era. [ethnicity, Northern Ireland, silence, violence]

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