'In that the book rethinks Northern Ireland in terms other than the established one of political divisions it is already significant. In that it focuses on a potentially progressive mode of understanding actualities which transcend old binaries it is doubly significant.'
British Association for Irish Studies book prize judges, Highly Commended
Introduction: the price of peace
1 Geographies of boredom and the new city of Craigavon
2 'Middle-class shits': political apathy and the poetry of Derek Mahon
3 Double negative: the psychogeography of sectarianism in Northern
Irish photography
4 Monotony and control: re-reading Internment
5 'The brightest spot in Ulster': total history and the H-Blocks in film
Conclusion: Alternative Ulster?