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From Tartan to Tartanry: Scottish Culture, History, and Myth
Ian Brown (Ed.)
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Description for From Tartan to Tartanry: Scottish Culture, History, and Myth
Paperback. Offers fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. This book argues that tartan may be fun, but it also plays a wide range of roles in Scottish and international culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442. Scottish Culture, History and Myth. 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. Offers fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. This book argues that tartan may be fun, but it also plays a wide range of roles in Scottish and international culture. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 16. Weight: 442.
This book considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture, and the rise of tartanry in the representation of Scottishness. This is an historically and critically sound - and contemporary - evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on proper contextualisation and coherent analysis. This critical reevaluation of one of the more controversial aspects of recent debates on Scottish culture draws together contributions from leading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly accessible yet authoritative volume. This book, like tartan, weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in ... Read more
This book considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture, and the rise of tartanry in the representation of Scottishness. This is an historically and critically sound - and contemporary - evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on proper contextualisation and coherent analysis. This critical reevaluation of one of the more controversial aspects of recent debates on Scottish culture draws together contributions from leading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly accessible yet authoritative volume. This book, like tartan, weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748664641
SKU
V9780748664641
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About Ian Brown (Ed.)
Ian Brown is Professor in Drama at Kingston University.
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