| ID | 126987 |
| Title Proper | Waging hospitality |
| Other Title Information | feminist geopolitics and tourism in West Belfast Northern Ireland |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Dowler, Lorraine |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Many areas of Belfast were considered no-go areas, places where the police had lost jurisdiction, whilst the media designated these neighbourhoods as terrorist enclaves. The urban scars that remain after the signing of the peace agreement, have transformed these marginalised areas into places of hospitality for tourists curious about the past conflict. This paper highlights the interdependent relationship between hospitality and the development of a post-war confidence for a community that had long been stigmatised as a violent enclave. For the purpose of this paper I bring together a feminist geopolitical analysis, with its attention to daily life, with more recent feminist theories of hospitality, observant to issues of inclusiveness. A feminist analysis of this type not only reflects the complicated gender politics of West Belfast, but also exposes a "politics of hospitality" that helps reframe our understandings of security. |
| `In' analytical Note | Geopolitics Vol. 18, No.4; 2013: p.779-799 |
| Journal Source | Geopolitics Vol. 18, No.4; 2013: p.779-799 |
| Key Words | Police ; Jurisdiction ; Media ; neighbourhoods ; Tourists ; Gender Politics ; Waging Hospitality ; Feminist Geopolitics ; West Belfast Northern Ireland |