This article examines the significance of race in how nation is articulated by the white middle-
classes in 'post-racial'Britain. In doing so, it highlights the centrality of bodies and informal …

Ireland is a place profoundly shaped by migration. In A Book of Migrations, her wonderful
travel account, Rebecca Solnit uses Ireland as a site to reflect on the meaning of identity and …

This chapter examines the question of how the relationship between religion and diaspora
has been theorized. It seeks to provide a nuanced understanding of both the meaning of …

Abstract Since the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), Lebanon has been plagued with
decades of religious tension, political corruption, economic instability, and overall poor living …

Addressing the methodological challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, this chapter
reflects on the adaptation of ethnographic research methods to an increasingly digital …

Irish immigrants left for Britain due to a range of reasons; these included economic factors,
such as severe unemployment at home, escapism and the perceived proximity of …

This article is an examination of the varied ways in which online music performances and
gatherings via YouTube livestreams served as foundational affective spaces in the son …

This thesis is about the boundaries that surround, and hierarchies that structure, Britain's
national community. In contrast to existing work, the research investigates boundaries and …

In this chapter Sligo actor Chris O'Dowd as a focalizing point with which to examine both
post-Celtic Tiger Irish masculinity as well as transnational shifts in the funding and …

Voter turnout measures the legitimacy of functioning democratic processes within States.
Areas of low or declining voter turnout highlight spaces of disengagement from formal …