MAIREAD NIC CRAITH is an anthropologist at the Academy for Irish Cultural heritages, University of Ulster (Magee Campus). She has previously been attached to the University of Liverpool and University Colleges Dublin and Cork. She is author and editor of several books including Plural Identities, Singular Narratives (2002) and has lectured and published extensively on aspects of culture and language in Northern Ireland and in Europe. Her research interests include culture and identity politics, European integration and regional cultures and languages, and European influences on Irish culture.

• Culture, Identity and the Politics of Difference Culture, Belonging and a Sense of Place The Politics of a Bi-Cultural Society Reviving Ethno-Linguistic Identities Cultures and the Politics of Education Faith Communities and the Politics of Religion The Politics of Popular Culture History, Heritage and Museums The Politics of Culture and Community Select Bibliography

'NicCraith's book has a global reach while it offers valuable interpretations of Northern Ireland's cultural specificities.' - American Anthropologist 'Culture and identity Politics in Northern Ireland offers much deft commentary and persuasive argument regarding the contemporary complexity and fluidity of communal identities.' - Irish Political Studies