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9780748638772 English 0748638776 An historically and critically sound - and contemporary - evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on proper contextualisation and coherent analysis. This critical re-evaluation of one of the more controversial aspects of recent debates on Scottish culture draws together contributions from leading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly accessible yet authoritative volume. This book, like tartan, weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during the last four centuries, including tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. The second, like a weft, considers the place of tartan and rise of tartanry in the national and international representations of Scottishness, including heritage, historical myth-making, popular culture, music hall, literature, film, comedy, rock and pop music, sport and 'high' culture.From Tartan to Tartanry offers fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. It argues that tartan may be fun, but it also plays a wide range of fascinating, important and valuable roles in Scottish and international culture., An historically and critically sound--and contemporary - evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on proper contextualisation and coherent analysis. This critical re-evaluation of one of the more controversial aspects of recent debates on Scottish culture draws together contributions fromleading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly accessible yet authoritative volume.This book, like tartan, weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during the last four centuries, including tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. The second, like a weft, considers the place of tartan and rise of tartanry in the nationaland international representations of Scottishness, including heritage, historical myth-making, popular culture, music hall, literature, film, comedy, rock and pop music, sport and 'high' culture., An historically and critically sound--and contemporary--evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on proper contextualisation and coherent analysis. This critical re-evaluation of one of the more controversial aspects of recent debates on Scottish culture draws together contributions from leading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly accessible yet authoritative volume.This book, like tartan, weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during the last four centuries, including tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. The second, like a weft, considers the place of tartan and rise of tartanry in the national and international representations of Scottishness, including heritage, historical myth-making, popular culture, music hall, literature, film, comedy, rock and pop music, sport and 'high' culture., From Tartan to Tartanrycritically reevaluates one of the more controversial issues in current debates on Scottish culture& -whether Scottish identity and ideas about Scotland are manufactured or organically linked to the country's heritage. The volume unites the voices of leading researchers, who conduct historical and critically sound evaluations of this issue., This critical re-evaluation of one of the more controversial issues in current debates on Scottish culture draws together contributions from the leading participants in the research. From Tartan to Tartanry provides a historically and critically sound contemporary evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on historical contextualisation and coherent analysis.The book falls into three major sections. The first considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during at least the last four centuries, addressing tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. Parts two and three consider the rise of tartanry in the representation of Scottishness and its place in a range of key twentieth-century cultural phenomena including popular theatre, literature, heritage, music, sport, contemporary comedy, cinema, television, comics and critical discourse.Readers will gain from this book fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena of the last two centuries, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the nature of films like Brigadoon., This critical re-evaluation of tartan in Scottish culture draws together contributions from leading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly authoritative volume. Like tartan, it weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during the last four centuries, including tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. The second, like a weft, considers the place of tartan and rise of tartanry in the national and international representations of Scottishness: a weave of heritage, myth, music hall, literature, film, comedy, pop music, sport and 'high' culture. From Tartan to Tartanry offers fresh insight into new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. It argues that tartan may be fun, but can also take on fascinating and valuable roles in Scottish and international culture. Book jacket., This title draws together contributions from the leading researchers to provide a contemporary evaluation of tartan and tartanry.
9780748638772 English 0748638776 An historically and critically sound - and contemporary - evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on proper contextualisation and coherent analysis. This critical re-evaluation of one of the more controversial aspects of recent debates on Scottish culture draws together contributions from leading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly accessible yet authoritative volume. This book, like tartan, weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during the last four centuries, including tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. The second, like a weft, considers the place of tartan and rise of tartanry in the national and international representations of Scottishness, including heritage, historical myth-making, popular culture, music hall, literature, film, comedy, rock and pop music, sport and 'high' culture.From Tartan to Tartanry offers fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. It argues that tartan may be fun, but it also plays a wide range of fascinating, important and valuable roles in Scottish and international culture., An historically and critically sound--and contemporary - evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on proper contextualisation and coherent analysis. This critical re-evaluation of one of the more controversial aspects of recent debates on Scottish culture draws together contributions fromleading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly accessible yet authoritative volume.This book, like tartan, weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during the last four centuries, including tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. The second, like a weft, considers the place of tartan and rise of tartanry in the nationaland international representations of Scottishness, including heritage, historical myth-making, popular culture, music hall, literature, film, comedy, rock and pop music, sport and 'high' culture., An historically and critically sound--and contemporary--evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on proper contextualisation and coherent analysis. This critical re-evaluation of one of the more controversial aspects of recent debates on Scottish culture draws together contributions from leading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly accessible yet authoritative volume.This book, like tartan, weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during the last four centuries, including tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. The second, like a weft, considers the place of tartan and rise of tartanry in the national and international representations of Scottishness, including heritage, historical myth-making, popular culture, music hall, literature, film, comedy, rock and pop music, sport and 'high' culture., From Tartan to Tartanrycritically reevaluates one of the more controversial issues in current debates on Scottish culture& -whether Scottish identity and ideas about Scotland are manufactured or organically linked to the country's heritage. The volume unites the voices of leading researchers, who conduct historical and critically sound evaluations of this issue., This critical re-evaluation of one of the more controversial issues in current debates on Scottish culture draws together contributions from the leading participants in the research. From Tartan to Tartanry provides a historically and critically sound contemporary evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on historical contextualisation and coherent analysis.The book falls into three major sections. The first considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during at least the last four centuries, addressing tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. Parts two and three consider the rise of tartanry in the representation of Scottishness and its place in a range of key twentieth-century cultural phenomena including popular theatre, literature, heritage, music, sport, contemporary comedy, cinema, television, comics and critical discourse.Readers will gain from this book fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena of the last two centuries, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the nature of films like Brigadoon., This critical re-evaluation of tartan in Scottish culture draws together contributions from leading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly authoritative volume. Like tartan, it weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during the last four centuries, including tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. The second, like a weft, considers the place of tartan and rise of tartanry in the national and international representations of Scottishness: a weave of heritage, myth, music hall, literature, film, comedy, pop music, sport and 'high' culture. From Tartan to Tartanry offers fresh insight into new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. It argues that tartan may be fun, but can also take on fascinating and valuable roles in Scottish and international culture. Book jacket., This title draws together contributions from the leading researchers to provide a contemporary evaluation of tartan and tartanry.