Cracked Art World

Kayla Rush is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow in the School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music at Dublin City University. She received her PhD in Social Anthropology from Queen’s University Belfast  and currently serves as General Editor of the Irish Journal of Anthropology.

“[Rush] focuses on a very interesting and unusual area (Northern Ireland), one in which community arts can play a particularly rich, complex series of roles, which she draws out and then dissects skillfully.” • Jeremy MacClancy, Oxford Brookes University“I strongly recommend this book … It is a joy to read.” • Raphaela Henze, Heilbronn University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Cracked Art WorldChapter 1. Community Arts in Context: Between Post-Conflict and Post-Post-Conflict ImaginariesChapter 2. Becoming Actors in Later Life: Older People’s Community TheatreChapter 3. Restoration and Resurrection: Religion and Dialogue in Community History TheatreChapter 4. Layers of the Post-Post-Conflict: Street Art and Urban Narratives in Belfast’s Cathedral QuarterChapter 5. Up the Hill: Politicians, Protests, and Community Arts under AusterityConclusion: Whither Community Arts in Northern Ireland?ReferencesIndex