Abstract
The article explores the highly controversial history of joyriding in Belfast using a transnational perspective and emerging scholarship on emotion in oral testimonies to reflect on a research project that has been twenty years in the making. It is a journey both through the emotions created by joyriding from the ‘buzz’ that motivated so many young offenders through to the grief of families bereaved through car crime. It offers evidence from several testimonies but focuses on one interview with the mother of a dead joyrider to examine what
it tells us about probing emotions more adeptly. This case study of joyriding suggests a new, more complex approach to the cultural politics of popular memory of the Troubles and their aftermath.
it tells us about probing emotions more adeptly. This case study of joyriding suggests a new, more complex approach to the cultural politics of popular memory of the Troubles and their aftermath.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 59-69 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Oral History |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 01 Mar 2023 |
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- Emotional Journeys: Belfast and the oral history of joyriding
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