Belfast Punk and the Troubles

an Oral History

Fearghus Roulston

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English

Manchester University Press
01 December 2024

Punk, New Wave & Indie; Social & cultural history; Oral history

Belfast punk and the Troubles is an oral history of the punk scene in Belfast from the mid-1970s to the mid-80s.

The book explores what it was like to be a punk in a city shaped by the violence of the Troubles, and how this differed from being a punk elsewhere. It also asks what it means to have been a punk

how punk unravels as a thread throughout the lives of the people interviewed, and what that unravelling means in the context of post-peace-process Northern Ireland. In doing so, it suggests a critical understanding of sectarianism, subjectivity and memory politics in the province, and argues for the importance of placing punk within the segregated structures of everyday life described by the interviewees.

Adopting an innovative oral history approach drawing on the work of Luisa Passerini and Alessandro Portelli, the book analyses a small number of oral history interviews with participants in granular detail. Outlining the historical context and the cultural memory of punk, the central chapters each delve into one or two interviews to draw out the affective, imaginative and political ways in which punks and former punks evoke their memories of taking part in the scene. Through this method, it analyses the punk scene as a structure of feeling shaped through the experience of growing up in wartime Belfast.

Belfast punk and the Troubles is an intervention in Northern Irish historiography stressing the importance of history from below, and will be compelling reading for historians of Ireland and of punk, as well as those interested in innovative approaches to oral history.

By: Fearghus Roulston
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 244g
ISBN: 9781526182463
ISBN 10: 1526182467
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 01 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fearghus Roulston is a Research Fellow at the University of Brighton.

Reviews for Belfast Punk and the Troubles: an Oral History

'...it is a great, distinctive account of the life in Northern Ireland in the second half of the twentieth century.' Marie Gemrichova, Charles University Prague' 'In sum, this is an interesting and... elegantly written book that will appeal especially to scholars interested in the dog-eared history of Belfast punk and those who work on the subculture in other settings.' Irish Journal of Sociology 'An oral history to add to the many, many accounts from The Troubles that give it a refreshing perspective whilst never shaking free from its context.' Oral History Journal -- .