Transatlantic Scots

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910993888703321
• Autore: Ray R. Celeste
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Alabama, : University of Alabama Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-8173-8420-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RayR. Celeste; BennettMargaret <1946->; CowanEdward J; BasuPaul; HookAndrew; JarvieGrant; McArthurColin; SheetsJohn W; VanceMichael; DemblingJonathan
• Disciplina: 305.891/63073; 305.8916307; 305.89163073
• Soggetti: North America - Emigration and immigration - History; North America -- Emigration and immigration -- History; North America - Ethnic relations; North America -- Ethnic relations; Regionalism - North America; Regionalism -- North America; Scotland - Emigration and immigration - History; Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History; Scots - North America - Ethnic identity; Scots -- North America -- Ethnic identity; Scots - North America - History; Scots -- North America -- History; Scots - North America - Social life and customs; Scots -- North America -- Social life and customs; Transnationalism; Scots - History - North America; Scots - Social life and customs - North America; Scots - Ethnic identity - North America; Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology; Americas - General
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Transatlantic Scots and Ethnicity; 2. Scottish Immigration and Ethnic Organization in the United States; 3. A Brief History of Organized Scottishness in Canada; 4. From the Quebec-Hebrideans to "les Écossais-Québécois": Tracing the Evolution of a Scottish Cultural Identity in Canada's Eastern Townships; 5. Powerful Pathos: The Triumph of Scottishness in Nova Scotia; 6. You Play It as You Would Sing It: Cape Breton, Scottishness, and the Means of Cultural Production; 7. The North American Émigré, Highland Games, and Social Capital in International Communities8. Troubling Times in the Scottish-American Relationship; 9. Bravehearts and Patriarchs: Masculinity on the Pedestal in Southern Scottish Heritage Celebration; 10. Finding Colonsay's Emigrants and a "Heritage of Place"; 11. Pilgrims to the Far Country: North American "roots-tourists" in the Scottish Highlands and Islands; 12. Tartan Day in America; 13. Transatlantic Scots, Their Interlocutors, and the Scottish Discursive Unconscious; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines the impact of the Scottish legacy on North American cultures and heritage. During the past four decades, growing interest in North Americans' cultural and ancestral ties to Scotland has produced hundreds of new Scottish clan and heritage societies. Well over 300 Scottish Highland games and gatherings annually take place across the U.S. and Canada. Transatlantic Scots is a multidisciplinary collection that studies the regional organization and varied expressions of the Scottish Heritage movement in the Canadian Maritimes, the Great Lakes, New