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Category : Celtic philology
Languages : en
Pages : 950
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Scottish Gaelic Studies
Author: Scottish Gaelic Studies
Author: Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination
Author: Silke StrohPublisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810134047
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Can Scotland be considered an English colony? Is its experience and literature comparable to that of overseas postcolonial countries? Or are such comparisons no more than patriotic victimology to mask Scottish complicity in the British Empire and justify nationalism? These questions have been heatedly debated in recent years, especially in the run-up to the 2014 referendum on independence, and remain topical amid continuing campaigns for more autonomy and calls for a post-Brexit “indyref2.” Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination offers a general introduction to the emerging field of postcolonial Scottish studies, assessing both its potential and limitations in order to promote further interdisciplinary dialogue. Accessible to readers from various backgrounds, the book combines overviews of theoretical, social, and cultural contexts with detailed case studies of literary and nonliterary texts. The main focus is on internal divisions between the anglophone Lowlands and traditionally Gaelic Highlands, which also play a crucial role in Scottish–English relations. Silke Stroh shows how the image of Scotland’s Gaelic margins changed under the influence of two simultaneous developments: the emergence of the modern nation-state and the rise of overseas colonialism.
Scottish Gaelic Studies 2000
Author: Colm Ó BaoillScottish Gaelic Studies
Author: Derick Smith ThomsonPublisher:
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Category : Celtic philology
Languages : en
Pages : 125
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Scottish Gaelic studies
Author: Wolfgang KrauseThe Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies
Author: Robert KirkPublisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9781590171776
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"The Secret Commonwealth is a guide to fairies, doppelgängers, wraiths, and other beings that its author Robert Kirk, an unusually inquisitive seventeenth-century Scottish minister, identifies as being ?of a middle nature betwixt man and angel.? Circulated in manuscript by its author, whose religious and scientific interests drew him at some genuine personal risk to investigate the hidden realities of the spiritual world, this short work was first published by Sir Walter Scott and then again in the late nineteenth century in an edition prepared by the famous collector of fairy tales, Andrew Lang, and dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson. Nonetheless, Kirk’s work, which is a fine example of English prose, an important document in the history of ideas, and an enchanting introduction to fairy lore has remained a rarity"--Publisher description.
Language Revitalisation in Gaelic Scotland
Author: Stuart S. DunmorePublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474443125
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The first in-depth assessment of language use and attitudinal perceptions among adults who received an immersion education in a minority language.
Scottish Gaelic studies monograph series
Author: University. Aberdeen. Celtic DepartmentPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland
Author: Marsaili MacLeodPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474420672
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Examines the politics of female ship in relation to contemporary documentary practices