2 PLAIDING THE INVENTION OF SCOTLAND

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. Introduction TARTAN, TARTANRY AND HYBRIDITY 1
5. 1 GHEIBHTE BREACAIN CHARNAID (‘SCARLET TARTANS WOULD BE GOT . . .’): THE RE-INVENTION OF TRADITION 13
6. 2 PLAIDING THE INVENTION OF SCOTLAND 32
7. 3 FROM DAVID STEWART TO ANDY STEWART: THE INVENTION AND RE-INVENTION OF THE SCOTTISH SOLDIER 48
8. 4 PAYING FOR THE PLAID: SCOTTISH GAELIC IDENTITY POLITICS IN NINETEENTHCENTURY NORTH AMERICA 63
9. 5 TARTANRY INTO TARTAN: HERITAGE, TOURISM AND MATERIAL CULTURE 82
10. 6 MYTH, POLITICAL CARICATURE AND MONSTERING THE TARTAN 93
11. 7 TARTANRY AND ITS DISCONTENTS: THE IDEA OF POPULAR SCOTTISHNESS 115
12. 8 ‘WHA’S LIKE US?’: ETHNIC REPRESENTATION IN MUSIC HALL AND POPULAR THEATRE AND THE REMAKING OF URBAN SCOTTISH SOCIETY 129
13. 9 LITERARY TARTANRY AS TRANSLATION 151
14. 10 LOOKING AT TARTAN IN FILM: HISTORY, IDENTITY AND SPECTACLE 166
15. 11 TARTAN COMICS AND COMIC TARTANRY 180
16. 12 ROCK, POP AND TARTAN 195
17. 13 CLASS WARRIORS OR GENEROUS MEN IN SKIRTS? THE TARTAN ARMY IN THE SCOTTISH AND FOREIGN PRESS 212
18. 14 DON’T TAKE THE HIGH ROAD: TARTANRY AND ITS CRITICS 232
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 247
20. NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS 265
21. INDEX 269