Scottish Crofters A Historical Ethnography of a Celtic Village

Name: Scottish Crofters A Historical Ethnography of a Celtic Village
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ISBN: 9780534633240

ISBN-10: 0534633242

ISBN-13: 9780534633240

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Susan Parman

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This case study focuses on Geall, a community in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. With an understanding gained from an intimate, long-term relationship with Scotland, things Scottish, and the people of the community the author describes Geall as a human community and places it in the wider cultural, historical, economic, and sociopolitical contexts of maintaining relationships to Scotland, England and Europe. This is the first book to look at a Scottish Highland Community and the first ethnography to utilize the semiotic theory of culture, which views history as an act of cultural creation. The book emphasizes the way symbols are used to interpret elements of the culture such as economy, power,…

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List price: $75.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 4/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Foreword


Preface



Introduction to the Second Edition


Culture, History, and Narratology


The Significance of Crofting


The Significance of Gaelic


What Is a Highlander If Not a Gaelic-Speaking Crofter?


What Is a Scot if Not a Highlander/Celt/Gaelic-Speaking Scottish Crofter?


Ethnographers and Ethnographies


A Note on Names


Summary of Changes



History and the Celt


What Is a Celt?


What Is Europe?


Who Are the French and the English?


Who Are the Scots?



The Crofting Township


The Western Isles, Isle of Lewis, and Ciall


Crofting


An Example


The Yearly Cycle


The Future of Crofting


The Exiles: Emigration and an Aging Population



Harris Tweed


Fishing


Demythologizing Highland Dress


Harris Tweed


The Origins of Harris Tweed in Ciall


The Future of Harris Tweed


Harris Tweed in 2003



The Informal Structure of Leadership, Decision Making, and Social Order


Crofter versus Laird


Informal Leaders


Commitment and Betrayal


Friendship


Maintaining Social Order: "They May Be Murderers, But They're Our Murderers"


Gossip and the Creation of History



Kinship, Courtship, and Marriage: Co leis thu?


Neighborhood and Community


Male and Female


Sex and Courtship


Reasons for Marriage


Barriers to Marriage


Reiteach (Engagement Party)


Posadh and Banais (The Wedding)



Supernaturalism


The Reformation in Scotland


The Free Church


Church and Community


Witches and Ghosts


Second Sight



Creating Culture in Ciall: The Bottle and the Bible


Whiskey and Scotland


Whiskey and Community


The Process of Conversion



Stories and Silence


Cultural Patterns of Involvement


Cultural Patterns of Withdrawal


Narratives of the Life Cycle in the Construction of Culture


Conclusion


Recommended Reading


Bibliography


Index