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oapen-20.500.12657-313862021-11-04T14:14:47Z Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination Stroh, Silke Literature Celts Gaels Postcolonialism Scotland Scottish Gaelic Scottish Highlands Scottish Lowlands Scottish people Waverley (novel) 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 victimology to mask Scottish complicity in the British Empire and justify nationalism? These questions have been heatedly debated in the aftermath of the 2014 referendum on independence and amid a continuing campaign for more autonomy. Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination offers an introduction to the emerging field of postcolonial Scottish studies, assessing both its potential and limitations 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. Silke Stroh shows how the image of Scotland’s Gaelic margins changed under the influence of the emergence of the modern nation-state and the rise of overseas colonialism. 2017-04-01 23:55:55 2020-03-12 03:00:30 2020-04-01T13:33:27Z 2020-04-01T13:33:27Z 2016-12-15 book 628779 OCN: 962447612 9780810134041 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31386 eng application/pdf n/a 628779.pdf Northwestern University Press 10.26530/oapen_628779 100715 10.26530/oapen_628779 b4699693-8bd9-4982-b22e-c153becb6f4b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780810134041 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Evanston, Illinois 100715 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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 victimology to mask Scottish complicity in the British Empire and justify nationalism? These questions have been heatedly debated in the aftermath of the 2014 referendum on independence and amid a continuing campaign for more autonomy. Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination offers an introduction to the emerging field of postcolonial Scottish studies, assessing both its potential and limitations 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. Silke Stroh shows how the image of Scotland’s Gaelic margins changed under the influence of the emergence of the modern nation-state and the rise of overseas colonialism.
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