Richard Blaustein

The Thistle and the Brier

Historical Links and Cultural Parallels Between Scotland and Appalachia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Scotland and Southern Appalachia have always shared a strong connection. Many of the first people to permanently settle in the Appalachian mountains came from the Scottish highlands seeking religious and other freedoms. Many descendants of those first settlers from Scotland still make their homes in Southern Appalachia and attribute many aspects of their culture to their Scottish heritage. This book explores the parallels and connections between Scotland and Southern Appalachia, with special attention to the interplay between revivals of folk culture, native languages, and dialects in Scotland and Appalachia since the 1970s. It covers contemporary Scottish and Appalachian cultural movements, particularly the links between cultural revivals and identity politics, and contains substantial references that increase its value as an authoritative scholarly work on the convergence of the cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780786414529
• ISBN-10: 0786414529
• Artikelnr.: 21287461

Autorenporträt

Richard Blaustein is a professor of sociology and anthropology at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He is also the former director of ETSU's Center for Appalachian Studies and Services.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface    
Introduction    
1 Tracing Scottish Allusions in American Discourse on Appalachia    
2 Appalachia Studies Comes of Age    
3 Scottish Cultural Revivals: A Sketch and a Theory    
4 Conversation with a Cultural Missionary: Flora MacDonald Gammon,
Waynesville, North Carolina, 17 January 1994    
5 Core and Periphery: A Critique of the Internal Colonialism Model in
Scotland and Appalachia    
6 The Thistle and the Brier: Poetics and Identity Politics in Scotland and
Appalachia    
7 Self Portrait of a Cultural Activist: A Conversation with Hamish
Henderson, Edinburgh, 13 June 1996    
8 Folk-Bashing and Cultural Self-Determination in Scotland, Nova Scotia and
Appalachia: Looking for Constructive Alternatives to Deconstructionism    
9 Dinna Say Dinna: Teachers As Agents of Linguistic Colonialism in Scotland
and Appalachia    
10 Poems Make the People: A Conversation with Joy Hendry, Edinburgh, 1 July
1996    
11 The Beginning of a New Song: Some Reflections Upon the Opening of the
New Scottish Parliament    
Conclusion    
Bibliography    
Index