TODAY WE ARE ALL SCOTTISH: PERFORMANCES OF SELF, COMMUNITY, AND NATION AT HIGHLAND GAMES AND GATHERINGS

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dc.contributor.advisorMeer, Laurie Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorDawn, Karaleeen_US
dc.contributor.departmentTheatreen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-24T06:13:00Z
dc.date.available2014-06-24T06:13:00Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation, I analyze the complicated history and markers of cultural identity, as well as the sometimes-diverse performances of Scotland and Scottishness. I have documented that although Scottish symbols carry centuries of meaning, they have not endured without reinventions and struggle. Whether they are seen in Scotland or at Highland Games and Gatherings in the United States, and regardless of the traditions' "inventedness," "selectivity," or contested status, their interaction and dialogism work to represent the unique history and heritage of Scottish national cultural identity in local communities and in the overseas marketing campaigns for a growing and essential tourism industry. This dissertation examines the factors that draw together thousands of people who proudly proclaim (or seek) their Scottish heritage in a variety of performances, rituals and festivities. I examine how popular markers of Scottish heritage, such as bagpipe playing, kilt wearing, and clan affiliation transform when they change locations and cross borders. I ask if the "Wearing of the Tartan" changes meaning when it shifts locations, and I investigate how issues of shared heritage, genealogy, and membership are interpreted and enacted in a global Scottish community.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15360
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledTheateren_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCultural anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCultural Identityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHighland Gamesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPerformanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledScotlanden_US
dc.titleTODAY WE ARE ALL SCOTTISH: PERFORMANCES OF SELF, COMMUNITY, AND NATION AT HIGHLAND GAMES AND GATHERINGSen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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