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Warriors of the Word
- The World of the Scottish Highlanders
Engelsk Paperback
Warriors of the Word
- The World of the Scottish Highlanders
Engelsk Paperback

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Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical injury; clan sagas recounted family origins and struggles for power; incantations invoked blessings and curses. Even in the present, Gaels strive to counteract centuries of misrepresentation of the Highlands as a backwater of barbarism without a valid story of its own to tell. 

Warriors of the Word offers a broad overview of Scottish Highland culture and history, bringing together rare and previously untranslated primary texts from scattered and obscure sources. Poetry, songs, tales, and proverbs, supplemented by the accounts of insiders and travellers, illuminate traditional ways of life, exploring such topics as folklore, music, dance, literature, social organisation, supernatural beliefs, human ecology, ethnic identity, and the role of language. This range of materials allows Scottish Gaeldom to be described on its own terms and to demonstrate its vitality and wealth of renewable cultural resources.

This is an essential compendium for scholars, students, and all enthusiasts of Scottish culture.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
486
ISBN-13:
9781912476596
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1912476592
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
8 aug 2019
Længde:
34mm
Bredde:
234mm
Højde:
159mm
Forlag:
Birlinn General
Oplagsdato:
8 aug 2019
Forfatter(e):
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