Celtic Geographies: Old Culture, New Times

David Harvey

Psychology Press, 2002 - History - 274 pages

Celtic Geographies 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:
* the historical geographies of Celtic peoples
* devolution and politics in Celtic regions, such as Wales and Scotland
* the commodification of Celticity in the tourism practices of Brittany and Ireland
* the role of diaspora in the development of Celtic identities, in both North America and in the west of Scotland
* the relationship between Celticity and forms of contemporary culture.

Contents

• TIMING AND SPACING CELTIC GEOGRAPHIES: xiii
• OTHERING AND IDENTITY POLITICS: 17
• IMAGINED GEOGRAPHIES OF THE CELTIC FRINGE AND THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE OTHER IN MEDIEVAL WALES AN...: 19
• THEIR FAMILIES HAD GONE BACK IN TIME HUNDREDS OF YEARS AT THE SAME PLACE Attitudes to land and landscape in the Scottish Hi...: 35
• IDENTITY HYBRIDITY AND THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF TERRITORY On the geohistory of Celtic devolution: 51
• WELSH CIVIL IDENTITY IN THE TWENTYFIRST CENTURY: 67
• SITES OF AUTHENTICITY Scotlands new parliament and official representations of the nation: 89
• OUR COMMON INHERITANCE? Narratives of self and other in the Museum of Scotland: 107
• TOURISM IMAGES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CELTICITY IN IRELAND AND BRITTANY: 121
• THE SCOTTISH DIASPORA Tartan Day and the appropriation of Scottish identities in the United States: 137
• WHOSE CELTIC CORNWALL? The ethnic Cornish meet Celtic spirituality: 155
• EDIFYING THE REBELLIOUS GAEL Uses of memories of Irelands troubled past among the West of Scotlands Irish Catholic diaspora: 171
• FROM BLASTO BOTHY CULTURE The musical remaking of Celtic culture in a Hebridean festival: 190
• CELTIC NIRVANAS Constructions of Celtic in contemporary British youth culture: 206
• A GEOGRAPHY OF CELTIC APPROPRIATIONS: 227
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 241
• INDEX: 263

About the author

David C. Harvey is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Exeter, Rhys Jones is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Wales Aberystwyth, Neil McInroy is a consultant with the Centre for Local Economic Strategies and Christine Milligan is Lecturer at Lancaster University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Celtic Geographies: Old Culture, New Times; Volume 15 of Critical geographies
• Editor: David Harvey
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0415223970, 9780415223973
• Length: 274 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Western; Science / Earth Sciences / Geography; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Social Science / Discrimination; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General; Social Science / Human Geography; Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations; Social Science / Sociology / General