Lullabies and Battle Cries

Jaime Rollins has a PhD in anthropology from Queen’s University Belfast. She has assisted with a number of research projects, including Public Displays of Flags and Emblems in Northern Ireland, commissioned by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister. She has previously published in Anthropology in Action and in the Irish Journal of Anthropology, where she has also been a guest editor. Her research interests include identity, emotion, memory, political agendas expressed through narratives and song, textiles and art, and medical anthropology. She is currently pursuing a nursing degree.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Entering the FieldChapter 1. Theoretical OverviewChapter 2. Historical BackgroundChapter 3. The Bands: History, Context and MethodologyChapter 4. Parading IdentitiesChapter 5. Defining Communities by How They Sound: Rebel Music and Republican PoliticsChapter 6. It Was Music That Kept Their Spirits Free: Emotion and Memory in Rebel MusicChapter 7. Memorializing Immortality: Commemoration, Narrative and Political RitualConclusion: The Musical Construction of RemembranceAppendicesBibliographyIndex

“Rollins offers an insightful account of the changing landscape of republican identity politics in post–Peace Process Northern Ireland, illuminating a surprisingly neglected topic and reshaping our thoughts of what the future of Northern Ireland may look like.” • Richard Jenkins, University of Sheffield