TY - JOUR
T1 - Rebels without applause
T2 - History, resistance, and recognition in the Ulster Defence Association
AU - Reed, Richard J.
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - During and since the recent conflict in Northern Ireland, history has been an important resource in the creation and sustenance of political and cultural identities. The loyalist Ulster Defence Association (UDA), the largest paramilitary group, has deployed its own historical discourse in support of sporadic political and cultural endeavours, and in its ongoing struggle for influence, esteem and recognition. This article provides an account of this narrative, and proceeds to consider the ways in which the UDA's narrative has ultimately provided support for existing binary structures, militating against its efforts to secure greater recognition and to establish itself as an independent political and cultural voice.
AB - During and since the recent conflict in Northern Ireland, history has been an important resource in the creation and sustenance of political and cultural identities. The loyalist Ulster Defence Association (UDA), the largest paramilitary group, has deployed its own historical discourse in support of sporadic political and cultural endeavours, and in its ongoing struggle for influence, esteem and recognition. This article provides an account of this narrative, and proceeds to consider the ways in which the UDA's narrative has ultimately provided support for existing binary structures, militating against its efforts to secure greater recognition and to establish itself as an independent political and cultural voice.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857761698&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/tcbh/hwr012
DO - 10.1093/tcbh/hwr012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84857761698
VL - 23
SP - 124
EP - 148
JO - Twentieth Century British History
JF - Twentieth Century British History
SN - 0955-2359
IS - 1
ER -