Reimagining culture: histories, identities, and the Gaelic renaissance / Sharon Macdonald
1997, 1st Paperback Edition. Oxford; New York: Berg. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #354253
ISBN: 1859739857
Physical description: xix, 297 pages. Contents: 'A Quest for Culture': On Anthropology, Authenticity and Ambivalence -- Histories -- 'Our Language, Our Heritage': Imagining Gaelic Culture -- 'The Crofting Community': Land, Religion and the Formation of the Highland People -- Identities -- 'A Way of Life': Crofting, Tradition and People -- 'Being Part of the Place': On Belonging -- 'The Last Bastion': The Highland Churches -- Cultural Renaissance -- 'From Strength to Strength': Community Revival -- 'Saving the Gaelic': Language Revival and Identity -- Reflections on Reimagining. Subjects: Community life Scotland Skye, Island of. Group identity Scotland Skye, Island of. Gaelic language.
Ethnicity Scotland. Minorities Scotland Hebrides.
Price: €30.00