Where and what is Ireland? What are the identities of the people of Ireland?How has European Union membership shaped Irish peoples lives and interests?And how g... » 

Where and what is Ireland? What are the identities of the people of Ireland?How has European Union membership shaped Irish peoples lives and interests?And how global is local Ireland? This book argues that such questions can beanswered only by understanding everyday aspects of Irish culture and identity.Such understanding is achieved by paying close attention to what people inIreland themselves say about the radical changes in their lives in the contextof wider global transformation. As notions of sex religion and politics areradically reworked in an Ireland being reimagined in ways inconceivable just ageneration ago anthropologists have been at the forefront of recording theresults. The first comprehensive booklength introduction to anthropologicalresearch on the island as a whole The Anthropology of Ireland considers thechanging place in a changing Ireland of religion sex sport race danceyoung people the Travellers St Patricks Day and much more. «