Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination
Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination

Author: Silke Stroh

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 551

ISBN-13: 0810134047

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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.

Language Revitalisation in Gaelic Scotland
Language Revitalisation in Gaelic Scotland

Author: Stuart S. Dunmore

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2019-07-17

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1474443125

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The first in-depth assessment of language use and attitudinal perceptions among adults who received an immersion education in a minority language.

Language in Scotland
Language in Scotland

Author: Wendy Anderson

Publisher: Rodopi

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 940120974X

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The chapters in this volume take as their focus aspects of three of the languages of Scotland: Scots, Scottish English, and Scottish Gaelic. They present linguistic research which has been made possible by new and developing corpora of these languages: this encompasses work on lexis and lexicogrammar, semantics, pragmatics, orthography, and punctuation. Throughout the volume, the findings of analysis are accompanied by discussion of the methodologies adopted, including issues of corpus design and representativeness, search possibilities, and the complementarity and interoperability of linguistic resources. Together, the chapters present the forefront of the research which is currently being directed towards the linguistics of the languages of Scotland, and point to an exciting future for research driven by ever more refined corpora and related language resources.

Naughty Little Book of Gaelic
Naughty Little Book of Gaelic

Author: Michael Newton

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781927492734

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Scottish Highlanders, and their descendants all over the world, are no better and no worse than any other people where "sinful" behaviour is concerned. Standards of morality and social conventions changed dramatically during the 19th century - and most of the people engaged in recording and commenting upon Highland life and tradition were puritanical ministers and priests who left out the racy bits. So, while there are many useful books that provide a wide range of Scottish Gaelic vocabulary to express many aspects of daily life - except, for the most part, the topics covered in this book.

Gaelic in Scotland
Gaelic in Scotland

Author: Wilson McLeod

Publisher:

Published: 2022-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781474462402

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In this extensive study of the changing role of Gaelic in modern Scotland, Wilson McLeod looks at the policies of government and the work of activists and campaigners who have sought to maintain and promote Gaelic.

Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language
Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language

Author: Moray Watson

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2010-06-30

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0748637109

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Bringing together a range of perspectives on the Gaelic language, this book covers the history of the language, its development in Scotland and Canada, its spelling, syntax and morphology, its modern vocabulary, and the study of its dialects. It also addresses sociolinguistic issues such as identity, perception, language planning and the appearance of the language in literature. Each chapter is written by an expert on their topic.The book has been written accessibly with a non-specialist audience in mind. It will have a particular value for those requiring introductions to aspects of the Gaelic language. It will also be of great interest to those who are embarking on research on Gaelic for the first time. Authors include Colm O Baoill, David Adger, Rob Dunbar, Seosamh Watson, Ken Nilsen, Ken MacKinnon and Ronald Black.

Scottish Education
Scottish Education

Author: T. G. K. Bryce

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2018-06-21

Total Pages: 1120

ISBN-13: 1474437850

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Interrogates the rise of national philosophies and their impact on cosmopolitanism and nationalism.

Scottish Crofters
Scottish Crofters

Author: Susan Parman

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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SCOTTISH CROFTERS: A HISTORICAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF A CELTIC VILLAGE focuses on Geall, a community in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. With an understanding gained from an intimate, long-term relationship with Scotland, things Scottish, and the people of the community, the author describes Geall as a human community and places it in the wider cultural, historical, economic, and sociopolitical contexts of maintaining relationships to Scotland, England and Europe. The book emphasizes the way symbols are used to interpret elements of the culture such as economy, power, mental illness, and religion by exploring the significant symbols associated with the state, the mechanisms for integrating community and state, and how people define leaders and social role.

Uneasy Subjects
Uneasy Subjects

Author: Silke Stroh

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9401200572

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Scottish and “Celtic fringe” postcolonialism has caused much controversy and unease in literary studies. Can the non-English territories and peoples of the British Isles, faced with centuries of English hegemony, be meaningfully compared to former overseas colonies? This book is the first comprehensive study of this topic which offers an in-depth study of Gaelic literature. It investigates the complex interplay between Celticity, Gaeldom, Scottish and British national identity, and international colonial and postcolonial discourse. It situates post/colonial elements in Gaelic poetry within a wider context, showing how they intersect with socio-historical and political issues, anglophone literature and the media. Highlighting the centrality of Celticity as an archetypal construct in colonial discourses ancient and modern, this volume traces post/colonial themes and strategies in Gaelic poetry from the Middle Ages to the present. Central themes include the uneasy position of Gaels as subjects of the Scottish or British state, and as both intra-British colonised and overseas colonisers. Aiming to promote interdisciplinary dialogue, it is of interest for scholars and students of Scottish Studies, Gaelic and English literature, and international Postcolonial Studies.