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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814481103321

Autore

Brown Ian

Titolo

From Tartan to Tartanry : Scottish culture, history and myth / / edited by Ian Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-7486-5353-8

1-283-02108-0

9786613021083

0-7486-4449-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages) : 7 B/W halftones

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownIan

Disciplina

941.1

Soggetti

Clothing and dress - Scotland

Tartans - Scotland - History

Popular culture - Scotland - History

Scotland History

Scotland Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; Introduction - TARTAN, TARTANRY AND HYBRIDITY; 1 - GHEIBHTE BREACAIN CHARNAID ('SCARLET TARTANS WOULD BE GOT . . .'): THE RE-INVENTION OF TRADITION; 2 - PLAIDING THE INVENTION OF SCOTLAND; 3 - FROM DAVID STEWART TO ANDY STEWART: THE INVENTION AND RE-INVENTION OF THE SCOTTISH SOLDIER; 4 - PAYING FOR THE PLAID: SCOTTISH GAELIC IDENTITY POLITICS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY NORTH AMERICA; 5 - TARTANRY INTO TARTAN: HERITAGE,TOURISM AND MATERIAL CULTURE; 6 - MYTH, POLITICAL CARICATURE AND MONSTERING THE TARTAN; 7 - TARTANRY AND ITS DISCONTENTS: THE IDEA OF POPULAR SCOTTISHNESS

8 - 'WHA'S LIKE US?': ETHNIC REPRESENTATION IN MUSIC HALL AND POPULAR THEATRE AND THE REMAKING OF URBAN SCOTTISH SOCIETY9 - LITERARY TARTANRY AS TRANSLATION; 10 - LOOKING AT TARTAN IN FILM: HISTORY, IDENTITY AND SPECTACLE; 11 - TARTAN COMICS AND COMIC TARTANRY; 12 - ROCK, POP AND TARTAN; 13 - CLASS



WARRIORS OR GENEROUS MEN IN SKIRTS? THE TARTAN ARMY IN THE SCOTTISH AND FOREIGN PRESS; 14 - DON'T TAKE THE HIGH ROAD: TARTANRY AND ITS CRITICS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Draws together contributions from the leading researchers to provide a contemporary evaluation of tartan and tartanry.