Transatlantic Scots (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

This book 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, New England, and the American South. From diverse perspectives, authorities in their fields consider the modeling of a Scottish identity that distances heritage celebrants from prevalent visions of whiteness. Considering both hyphenated Scots who celebrate centuries-old transmission of Scottish traditions and those for whom claiming or re-claiming a Scottish identity is recent and voluntary, this book also examines how diaspora themes and Highland imagery repeatedly surface in regional public celebrations and how traditions are continually reinvented through the accumulation of myths. The underlying theoretical message is that ethnicity and heritage survive because of the flexibility of history and tradition. This work is a lasting contribution to the study of ethnicity and identity, the renegotiation of history and cultural memory into heritage, and the public performance and creation of tradition.

General

Imprint:	The University of Alabama Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2005
First published:	October 2005
Editors:	Celeste Ray
Foreword by:	James Hunter
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	464
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-8173-5240-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8173-5240-6
Barcode:	9780817352400

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