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PERFORMING SCOTTISHNESS IBD

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
02 / 2021
9783030394097
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Sinopsis

This wide-ranging and ground-breaking book, especially relevant given Brexit and renewed Scottish independence campaigning, provides in-depth analysis of ways Scottishness has been performed and modified over the centuries. Alongside theatre, television, comedy, and film, it explores performativity in public events, Anglo-Scottish relations, language and literary practice, the Scottish diaspora and concepts of nation, borders and hybridity.áFollowing discussion of the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath and the real meanings of the 1706/7 Treaty of Union, it examines the differing perceptions of what the âÇÖUnited KingdomâÇÖ means to Scots and English. It contrasts the treatment of Shakespeare and Burns as âÇÖnational bardsâÇÖ and considers the implications of Scottish scholarsâÇÖ invention of âÇÖEnglish LiteratureâÇÖ.á It engages with ScotlandâÇÖs language politics -rebutting claims of a âÇÖGaelic GestapoâÇÖ - and how borders within Scotland interact. It replaces myths about âÇÖtartan monstersâÇÖ with level-headed evidence before discussing in detail representations of Scottishness in domestic and international media.

PVP
109,51