{"product_id":"celtic-geographies-9780415223966","title":"Celtic Geographies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCeltic Geographies\u003c\/em\u003e questions traditional conceptualizations of Celticity that rely on an homogenous interpretation of what it means to be a Celt in contemporary society. The various contributors break away from these traditional interpretations to critically explore a Celticity that is diverse in character. The book explores a number of themes that are central to historical and contemporary Celticity:\u003cbr\u003e* the historical geographies of Celtic peoples\u003cbr\u003e* devolution and politics in Celtic regions, such as Wales and Scotland\u003cbr\u003e* the commodification of Celticity in the tourism practices of Brittany and Ireland\u003cbr\u003e* the role of diaspora in the development of Celtic identities, in both North America and in the west of Scotland\u003cbr\u003e* the relationship between Celticity and forms of contemporary culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The culture of the book in the Scottish Enlightenment is a fitting testimony to the richness of the eighteenth century Scottish book trade that is explored in insightful case studies.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eLuc Racaut, University of Glasgow for Scottish Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe culture of the book in the Scottish Enlightenment is a fitting testimony to the richness of the eighteenth century Scottish book trade that is explored in insightful case studies.\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eLuc Racaut, University of Glasgow for Scottish Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. \u003cem\u003eDavid Harvey, Rhys Jones, Neil McInroy and Christine Milligan \u003c\/em\u003eTiming and Spacing Celtic Geographies \u003cstrong\u003ePart I - Othering and identity politics\u003c\/strong\u003e 2. \u003cem\u003eKeith D. Lilley\u003c\/em\u003e Imagined Geographies of the 'Celtic Fringe' and the cultural construction of the 'other' in medieval Wales and Ireland 3. \u003cem\u003eIain Robertson\u003c\/em\u003e \"Their families had gone back in time hundreds of years at the same place\": attitudes to land and landscape in the Scottish Highlands after 1914 4. \u003cem\u003eGordon Macleod\u003c\/em\u003e Identity, hybridity and the institutionalisation of territory: on the geohistory of Celtic devolution 5. \u003cem\u003eJohn Osmond \u003c\/em\u003eWelsh civil identity in the 21st century \u003cstrong\u003ePart II - Sites of meaning\u003c\/strong\u003e 6. \u003cem\u003eHayden Lorimer\u003c\/em\u003e Sites of authenticity: Scotland's new parliament and official representations of the nation 7. \u003cem\u003eSteven Cooke and Fiona McLean \u003c\/em\u003eOur common inheritance? Narratives of self and other in the Museum of Scotland \u003cem\u003e 8. Moya Kneafsey \u003c\/em\u003eTourism images and the construction of Celticity in Ireland and Brittany 9. \u003cem\u003eEuan Hague\u003c\/em\u003e The Scottish diaspora: Tartan Day and the appropriation of Scottish identities int he United States 10. \u003cem\u003eAmy Hale\u003c\/em\u003e Whose Celtic Cornwall? The ethnic Cornish meet Celtic spirituality \u003cstrong\u003ePart III - Youth culture and Celtic revival \u003c\/strong\u003e11. \u003cem\u003eMark Boyle\u003c\/em\u003e Edifying the rebellious Gael: the uses of memories of Ireland's troubled past in the West of Scotland Irish diaspora 12. \u003cem\u003ePeter Symon \u003c\/em\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eblas\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003ebothy culture\u003c\/em\u003e: the musical re-making of Celtic culture in a Hebridean festival 13. \u003cem\u003eAlan M Kent\u003c\/em\u003e Celtic nirvanas: constructions of Celtic in contemporary British Youth Culture \u003cstrong\u003ePart IV - Epilogue\u003c\/strong\u003e 14. \u003cem\u003eJohn G Robb \u003c\/em\u003eGeography of Celtic appropriations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402077806935,"sku":"9780415223966","price":171.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/celtic-geographies-9780415223966","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}