The Scots Imagination and Modern Memory

ISBN-13: 9780748617869 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 272 str.

Andrew Blaikie

Opis

Perspectives from history, sociology and cultural studies are blended in this exploration of Scottish identity in the 20th century. Andrew Blaikie uses case studies to problematise how we interpret Scotland's recent past, which are set against the diversity of lived experiences.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Chapter 1 Scotland and the places of memory; SECTION 1 ENCOUNTERING MODERNITY: Chapter 2 Before and after modernity: the legacy of Adam Ferguson; Chapter 3 The eyes of modernity: John Grierson's sociology; SECTION II PLACING IDENTITIES: Chapter 4 Among the wee Nazareths: myths of moral community; Chapter 5 Retrieving 'that invisible leeway': landscapes, cultures, belonging; SECTION III LOCAL VISIONS: Chapter 6 A pattern of islands: photographs in the cultural account; Chapter 7 Remembering 'The Forgotten Gorbals'; Chapter 8 Finding ways home; Index