Full Description
Scotland and Southern Appalachia have always shared a strong connection. Many of the first people to permanently settle in the Appalachian mountains came from the Scottish highlands seeking religious and other freedoms. Many descendants of those first settlers from Scotland still make their homes in Southern Appalachia and attribute many aspects of their culture to their Scottish heritage.
This book explores the parallels and connections between Scotland and Southern Appalachia, with special attention to the interplay between revivals of folk culture, native languages, and dialects in Scotland and Appalachia since the 1970s. It covers contemporary Scottish and Appalachian cultural movements, particularly the links between cultural revivals and identity politics, and contains substantial references that increase its value as an authoritative scholarly work on the convergence of the cultures.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 Tracing Scottish Allusions in American Discourse on Appalachia
2 Appalachia Studies Comes of Age
3 Scottish Cultural Revivals: A Sketch and a Theory
4 Conversation with a Cultural Missionary: Flora MacDonald Gammon, Waynesville, North Carolina, 17 January 1994
5 Core and Periphery: A Critique of the Internal Colonialism Model in Scotland and Appalachia
6 The Thistle and the Brier: Poetics and Identity Politics in Scotland and Appalachia
7 Self Portrait of a Cultural Activist: A Conversation with Hamish Henderson, Edinburgh, 13 June 1996
8 Folk-Bashing and Cultural Self-Determination in Scotland, Nova Scotia and Appalachia: Looking for Constructive Alternatives to Deconstructionism
9 Dinna Say Dinna: Teachers As Agents of Linguistic Colonialism in Scotland and Appalachia
10 Poems Make the People: A Conversation with Joy Hendry, Edinburgh, 1 July 1996
11 The Beginning of a New Song: Some Reflections Upon the Opening of the New Scottish Parliament
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
