Scottish Crofters : A Historical Ethnography of a Celtic Village

Name: Scottish Crofters : A Historical Ethnography of a Celtic Village
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ISBN: 9780030307546

ISBN-10: 0030307546

ISBN-13: 9780030307546

Edition: N/A

Authors: Susan Parman, Dawn Youngblood

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Publisher: Harcourt College Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction to the Second Edition	p. 1
Culture, History, and Narratology	p. 3
The Significance of Crofting	p. 5
The Significance of Gaelic	p. 12
What Is a Highlander If Not a Gaelic-Speaking Crofter?	p. 17
What Is a Scot if Not a Highlander/Celt/Gaelic-Speaking Scottish Crofter?	p. 18
Ethnographers and Ethnographies	p. 19
A Note on Names	p. 25
Summary of Changes	p. 26
History and the Celt	p. 32
What Is a Celt?	p. 33
What Is Europe?	p. 34
Who Are the French and the English?	p. 35
Who Are the Scots?	p. 36
The Crofting Township	p. 48
The Western Isles, Isle of Lewis, and Ciall	p. 48
Crofting	p. 57
An Example	p. 65
The Yearly Cycle	p. 67
The Future of Crofting	p. 71
The Exiles: Emigration and an Aging Population	p. 72
Harris Tweed	p. 76
Fishing	p. 76
Demythologizing Highland Dress	p. 81
Harris Tweed	p. 83
The Origins of Harris Tweed in Ciall	p. 86
The Future of Harris Tweed	p. 92
Harris Tweed in 2003	p. 95
The Informal Structure of Leadership, Decision Making, and Social Order	p. 97
Crofter versus Laird	p. 101
Informal Leaders	p. 105
Commitment and Betrayal	p. 107
Friendship	p. 107
Maintaining Social Order: "They May Be Murderers, But They're Our Murderers"	p. 109
Gossip and the Creation of History	p. 111
Kinship, Courtship, and Marriage: Co leis thu?	p. 117
Neighborhood and Community	p. 120
Male and Female	p. 122
Sex and Courtship	p. 123
Reasons for Marriage	p. 128
Barriers to Marriage	p. 129
Reiteach (Engagement Party)	p. 130
Posadh and Banais (The Wedding)	p. 131
Supernaturalism	p. 135
The Reformation in Scotland	p. 135
The Free Church	p. 138
Church and Community	p. 147
Witches and Ghosts	p. 152
Second Sight	p. 155
Creating Culture in Ciall: The Bottle and the Bible	p. 158
Whiskey and Scotland	p. 158
Whiskey and Community	p. 159
The Process of Conversion	p. 162
Stories and Silence	p. 171
Cultural Patterns of Involvement	p. 171
Cultural Patterns of Withdrawal	p. 172
Narratives of the Life Cycle in the Construction of Culture	p. 176
Conclusion	p. 179
Recommended Reading	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 182
Index	p. 187
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