Introduction -- Ethnic identity change and conflict transformation -- Protestant unionists and loyalists -- Mitigating murals and loyalist cultural innovation -- The Orange Order : mitigating parades, public relations, and identity change -- Heritage, memory, and identity work -- Strategy, pragmatism, and public relations -- Conclusion
Summary
Lee Smithey examines how symbolic cultural expressions in Northern Ireland, such as parades, bonfires, murals, and commemorations, provide opportunities for Protestant unionists and loyalists to reconstruct their collective identities and participate in conflict transformation
