Originally published in 1978, this book explores the relationship
between the Gaelic and English spheres of life, from the life of
the bilingual Gael, in the confrontation of Highland and Lowland
Scotland and the literary expressions of these. It is argued that
the picture of Gaelic society that is popularly accepted does not
owe its form to any simple observation, but to symbolic and
metaphorical requirements imposed by the larger society. Beginning
with the birth of the Romantic movement and moving on to modern
Gaelic literature and anthropological studies, aspects of the
relationship of a dominant to a 'minority' culture are raised. The
racial stereotypes of Celt and Anglo-Saxon that were widely
accepted in the 19th Century are also discussed, and the
understanding of how a dominant intellectual world has used Gaelic
society in the process of seeking its own definition is pursued
through a study of the concepts of 'folklore' and the 'folk'.
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