Title Within and without Empire : Scotland across the (post) colonial Borderline / edited by Carla Sassi and Theo van Heijnsbergen

Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (275 pages) Contents Acknowledgements; introduction; "injured by timeand defeated by violence"; gaelic perspectives; negotiations of barbarity, authenticity and purity in eighteenthand nineteenth century gaelicliterature; gaelic books as cultural icons; gaelic poetry and the british militaryenterprise, 1756-1945; the gaelic voiceand (post)colonial discourse; writing scotland's (post)empire; kailyard money; an educational empire of print; colonialism and empire as naturalorder in the early dollar magazine; the scottish jutewallahs; the kilted dragon; scotland's others; "i, daughter." "John is a good indian"speaking as tribal (m)other; "the plantation owner is neverwearing a kilt"; notes on contributors; references; index of personal names Summary The concept of the border evoked by the title of the present volume provides a central interpretative key for our project at more than one level, as it is suggestive both of Scotland as a 'theoretical borderland' in relation to the Empire and postcoloniality, and of our attempt at bringing into dialogue scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, including Scottish, Celtic and postcolonial studies. The 'Scotland' of the present volume's title is thus suggestive of a critical standpoint .. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Scottish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Scottish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Scottish literature -- Bio-bibliography Literary studies: post-colonial literature. Colonialism & imperialism. Cultural studies. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Scottish literature SUBJECT Scotland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118827 Subject Scotland Genre/Form History Bio-bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Sassi, Carla, editor. Heijnsbergen, Theo van, editor. ISBN 9781443855679 1443855677 1306309395 9781306309394

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