Warrior dreams : playing Scotsmen in mainland Europe /

Why does a Parisian banker re-enact the medieval wars of Wallace and Bruce in his spare time? Why do more than 20,000 people attend the Schotse Weekend bagpipe competition in Bilzen, Flanders? Why does an entire village in the Italian Alps celebrate a lost Scottish regiment? And why is there a Highl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hesse, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Scots > Europe > History.
Scots > Europe > Social life and customs.
Scots > Europe > Ethnic identity.
Écossais > Europe > Histoire.
Écossais > Europe > Mœurs et coutumes.
Écossais > Identité ethnique > Europe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Emigration and immigration.
Scots.
Scots > Social life and customs.
Schotten
Kulturelle Identität
Brauch
Scotland > Emigration and immigration > History.
Écosse > Émigration et immigration > Histoire.
Europe.
Scotland.
Europa
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the Scots of Europe
  • 1. Context : playing the past
  • 2. The Scottish dreamscape : formation
  • 3. The Scottish dreamscape : spread
  • 4. Marching Scots : pipe bands
  • 5. Only the strong : Highland Games
  • 6. Our Scottish past : commemorations
  • 7. Régiments du passé : re-enactment
  • 8. Homecomings : finding neverland
  • 9. Who's like us? Scotland as a site of memory
  • Conclusion : warrior dreams.

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