10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TARTANRY»
Discover the use of
tartanry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tartanry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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From Tartan to
Tartanry: Scottish Culture, History and Myth
This book, like tartan, weaves together two strands.
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Kailyard and Scottish Literature
The association of Kailyard with tartanry, and the construction of both terms as
the embodiment of Scotland's distorting myths, was taken up in the discussion of
Scottish cinema that developed in the early 1980s. The pioneering collection of ...
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Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
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Scotland as We Know It: Representations of National Identity ...
While the images of pre- rebellion clan society inspired by tartanry may have
been questioned, the simultaneous connection that emerged in the nineteenth
century to British Unionism and elite class position remained uninterrupted. It was
not ...
Richard Zumkhawala-Cook, 2008
5
Scotland: Global Cinema : Genres, Modes and Identities
Rather than a nostalgic escape from oflicial history, then, Tartanry can be seen as
an attempt to counter the linear history of a unified Britain. Accordingly, popular
films that employ the symbols of Tartanry previously identified in Scotch Reels ...
6
The Break-up of Britain: Crisis and Neo-nationalism
Thus, the ultra-patriotism of tartanry is accompanied by a tradition of
sentimentalised savagery which reflects Scotland's participation in two centuries
of Great-British exploits, in the subjugation of many genuine 'subject nations'. All
who know it ...
7
Trainspotting: director, Danny Boyle
Tartanry is savagely attacked An alternative, even opposing type of
representation is 'Clydesideism'. The term refers to an area of Glasgow with a
tough reputation. Clydesideism focuses on violent hard men within more
contemporary Scottish ...
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The eclipse of Scottish culture: inferiorism and the ...
... to social and political change. This position has also been reinforced in a
number of recent articles. Writing in the Bulletin of Scottish Politics, Lindsay
Paterson describes tartanry as the only set of signs Scots have at their disposal
for ...
Craig Beveridge, Ronald Turnbull, 1989
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Scottish newspapers, language and identity
These are Tartanry, the Kailyard and Clydesidism. McCrone (1992: 177ff.)
discusses and defines these three key 'mythic structures'. (Note once again the
use of 'mythic', suggesting that these stereotypes are not necessarily true.)
McCrone ...
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Nationalism in stateless nations: images of self and other ...
support - what Christopher Harvie might have labelled, as he did in describing
the Scottish Labour Party of the mid-1970s, 'an army of officers looking for a rank-
and-file'.10 Scottish national identity, dominated by the tartanry and Kailyard ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TARTANRY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tartanry is used in the context of the following news items.
Why Academics Are Interested In The Naked Men Of Poldark And …
The Highlands are the site through which the most enduring imagery of Scotland has been constructed – the space of “Tartanry”, mountains and mystical ... «Science 2.0, Jun 15»
Why academics are interested in the male body in Poldark and …
The Highlands are the site through which the most enduring imagery of Scotland has been constructed – the space of “Tartanry”, mountains and mystical ... «The Conversation UK, Jun 15»
Graham Fagen: Scotland's representative at the Venice Biennale 2015
... a song he had always dismissed as a clichéd piece of tartanry. 'I became really intrigued by the fact that somebody from another country, a different culture, ... «The List, Mar 15»
Steve Bell on Alex Salmond – cartoon
So they tend to be left with a few 'shortbread' tin images of what they imagine tartanry to be, rather than the country itself. Pathetic, I know. Reply | Pick. Report. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
苏格兰文学的尴尬：“民族性”被英格兰垄断
“Tartanry”——“格子呢文化”，在18、19世纪苏格兰旅游业萌芽时期，这个词曾代表着陈词滥调的苏格兰文化符号：格子呢、男穿短裙、苏格兰风笛、高原风情等等。1976 ... «凤凰网, Sep 14»
是否存在苏格兰“民族文学”
“Tartanry”——“格子呢文化”，在18、19世纪苏格兰旅游业萌芽时期，这个词曾代表着陈词滥调的苏格兰文化符号：格子呢、男穿短裙、苏格兰风笛、高原风情等等。1976 ... «新京报, Sep 14»
Scotland's yes campaigners are voting to leave the Titanic
But in the internet age, officials don't get to write the stories any more. There were always people who had little time for flags, tartanry and shortbread, but who ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
The real reason Yes Scotland avoids Braveheart nostalgia
This is hard to believe, given the brash tartanry and Braveheart sentimentalism with which Scotland is often associated today, especially when we remember that ... «The Conversation UK, Sep 14»
Glasgow 2014: City dons its glad rags for opening ceremony
The Scotland of kailyard and tartanry reworked for the 21st century. Nations' and territories' teams made their grand entry by continent, each of the 71 preceded ... «BBC News, Jul 14»
The Reply: Scotland should go it alone
Scotland has a cohesive history and a culture beyond tourist-shop Tartanry, with three indigenous languages – Gàidhlig, Scots and (of course) English – plus ... «Oxford Student, Jun 14»
