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Informationen zum Autor Ian Brown is Emeritus Professor in Drama at Kingston University and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He is the General Editor of The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature (EUP: 2007) and widely published on aspects of theatre and literature. He is also a playwright and poet. Klappentext 'An intriguing and international collection which is long overdue. From the Picts to punk rock, this is "warm stuff of diverse colours".' Emeritus Professor Ted Cowan'This timely collection of intelligent and often entertaining essays by a fine group of thinkers seeks to exorcise Scotland's national insecurity over tartan and make Scots more comfortable not just with the plaid, but also with themselves.' Michael Russell MSPThis critical re-evaluation of tartan in Scottish culture draws together contributions from leading researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, resulting in a highly authoritative volume.Like tartan, it weaves together two strands. The first, like a warp, considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture during the last four centuries, including tartan's role in the development of diaspora identities in North America. The second, like a weft, considers the place of tartan and rise of tartanry in the national and international representations of Scottishness: a weave of heritage, myth, music hall, literature, film, comedy, pop music, sport and 'high' culture.From Tartan to Tartanry offers fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. It argues that tartan may be fun, but can also take on fascinating and valuable roles in Scottish and international culture.Ian Brown is a playwright, poet, Professor in Drama at Kingston University and currently visiting professor at the University of Glasgow and the University of Glamorgan. He publishes on theatrical, literary and cultural topics and is General Editor of The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature and joint series editor of The Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Zusammenfassung Draws together contributions from the leading researchers to provide a contemporary evaluation of tartan and tartanry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Tartan, tartanry and hybridity, Ian Brown; 1: 'Scarlet tartans would be got ...': the Re-invention of Tradition, Hugh Cheape; 2: Plaiding the Invention of Scotland, Murray Pittock; 3: From David Stewart to Andy Stewart: The Invention of the Scottish Soldier, Trevor Royle; 4: Paying for the plaid: Scottish Gaelic identity politics in nineteenth-century North America, Michael Newton; 5: Tartanry into tartan: heritage, tourism and material culture, Ian Maitland Hume; 6: Myth, political caricature and monstering the tartan, Ian Brown; 7: Tartanry and its Discontents: the Idea of Popular Scottishness, Alan Riach; 8: 'Wha's like us?': ethnic representation in music hall and popular theatre and the remaking of urban Scottish society, Paul Maloney; 9: Literary tartanry as translation, Susanne Hagemann; 10: Looking at tartan in film: history, identity and spectacle, Richard Butt; 11: Tartan comics and comic tartanry, Margaret Munro; 12: Rock, pop and tartanry, J. Mark Percival; 13: Class warriors or generous men in skirts?: the Tartan Army in the Scottish and foreign press, Hugh O'Donnell; 14: Don't take the High Road: tartanry and its critics, David Goldie....
