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Research Article

Unreconciled accounts? Screen and performing arts in post-conflict Northern Ireland

Des O’RaweSchool of Arts, English, and Languages, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Mark PhelanSchool of Arts, English, and Languages, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
Received 24 Jun 2022, Accepted 21 May 2023, Published online: 29 May 2023

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