This article examines a handkerchief decorated by female members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) imprisoned in Armagh Jail, Northern Ireland, in 1976. It attends to the materiality of a gendered and politicised object. The stenciling, colouring, signing and exchanging of this piece of cloth took place at the end of an early phase in the conflict ‘in and about’ Northern Ireland, a period known as ‘reactive containment’ and characterised by political imprisonment. Stitching upon cloth, a feminine pursuit, was adapted by male prisoners to become widespread republican practice in the 1970s. The Armagh handkerchief considered here, represents a contradictory and borrowed form but one in which the gendered properties of cloth persist. Thus, th...
Between 1911 and 1912 hundreds of suffragettes were incarcerated in Holloway Prison for participatin...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the importance of the experiences of fem...
Between 1911 and 1912 hundreds of suffragettes were incarcerated in Holloway Prison for participatin...
This article examines a handkerchief decorated by female members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) ...
The Troubles in Northern Ireland provide a complex and intriguing topic for many scholars in various...
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in ...
Over many thousands of years there have been political, social meanings woven into the very fabric o...
Irish Republican women in Britain formed a vital network which provided their counterparts in Irelan...
This article draws on the voices of women political prisoners who were detained at Armagh Prison dur...
This paper examines the class dimension of the unresolved issue of the unlawful detention of women a...
This study examines how the role of Irish Republican women imprisoned in the north of Ireland was ov...
This thesis is an examination of feminist republicanism(s) in the north of Ireland between 1975 – 19...
This paper examines contemporary needlework on vintage handkerchiefs, identifying a new genre of fem...
In this article, I trace the politics of shame in the context of the problematization of women’s bod...
With this thesis, I will utilize both feminist and queer theory to highlight the gendered and bodily...
Between 1911 and 1912 hundreds of suffragettes were incarcerated in Holloway Prison for participatin...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the importance of the experiences of fem...
Between 1911 and 1912 hundreds of suffragettes were incarcerated in Holloway Prison for participatin...
This article examines a handkerchief decorated by female members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) ...
The Troubles in Northern Ireland provide a complex and intriguing topic for many scholars in various...
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in ...
Over many thousands of years there have been political, social meanings woven into the very fabric o...
Irish Republican women in Britain formed a vital network which provided their counterparts in Irelan...
This article draws on the voices of women political prisoners who were detained at Armagh Prison dur...
This paper examines the class dimension of the unresolved issue of the unlawful detention of women a...
This study examines how the role of Irish Republican women imprisoned in the north of Ireland was ov...
This thesis is an examination of feminist republicanism(s) in the north of Ireland between 1975 – 19...
This paper examines contemporary needlework on vintage handkerchiefs, identifying a new genre of fem...
In this article, I trace the politics of shame in the context of the problematization of women’s bod...
With this thesis, I will utilize both feminist and queer theory to highlight the gendered and bodily...
Between 1911 and 1912 hundreds of suffragettes were incarcerated in Holloway Prison for participatin...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the importance of the experiences of fem...
Between 1911 and 1912 hundreds of suffragettes were incarcerated in Holloway Prison for participatin...