UID:
almafu_9959230715702883
Format:
1 online resource (vi, 320 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Canto edition.
ISBN:
1-107-38689-6
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1-139-89392-0
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1-107-39062-1
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1-107-39542-9
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1-107-38770-1
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1-107-41442-3
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1-107-29563-7
Series Statement:
Canto classics
Content:
Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial rituals in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. It addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historians and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Inventing Traditions -- 2 The Invention of Tradition: The Highland Tradition of Scotland -- 3 From a Death to a View: The Hunt for the Welsh Past in the Romantic Period -- MERRIE WALES AND ITS PASSING -- THE EISTEDDFOD -- DRUIDS ANCIENT AND MODERN -- THE REDISCOVERY OF THE CELTS -- FROM THE 'GIBBERISH OF TAPHYDOM' TO THE 'LANGUAGE OF HEAVEN' -- 'LAND OF SONG' -- DAME WALES -- THE NEW CAMBRIAN VALHALLA -- SPIRITS OF THE PLACE - LANDSCAPE AND MYTH -- A HERALDRY OF CULTURE -- A TURNING POINT: ' THE TREASON OF THE BLUE BOOKS' -- CONCLUSION: THE ELUSIVE QUARRY -- 4 The Context, Performance and Meaning of Ritual: The British Monarchy and the 'Invention of Tradition', c. 1820-1977 -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- IX -- 5 Representing Authority in Victorian India -- CULTURAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RITUAL IDIOM -- EVENTS INTO STRUCTURE: THE MEANING OF THE UPRISING OF 1857 -- THE FORMALIZATION AND REPRESENTATION OF THE RITUAL IDIOM: THE IMPERIAL ASSEMBLAGE OF 1877 -- THE ROYAL TITLES ACT OF 1876 -- THE INTENTIONS OF THE PLANNERS OF THE IMPERIAL ASSEMBLAGE -- COLONIAL SOCIOLOGY AND THE ASSEMBLAGE -- THE ENACTMENT OF THE COLONIAL SOCIOLOGY OF INDIA: THE INVITEES TO THE IMPERIAL ASSEMBLAGE -- LOGISTICS AND THE PHYSICAL PLANNING: THE CAMPS, THE AMPHITHEATRE AND DECORATIVE MOTIFS -- THE AMPHITHEATRE AND PRECEDENCE -- THE IMPERIAL ASSEMBLAGE -- CONCLUSION -- 6 The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- EUROPEAN INVENTED TRADITION AND THE AFRICAN EMPIRE -- BRINGING AFRICANS INTO THE TRADITIONS OF GOVERNANCE -- NEW TRADITIONS OF MONARCHY IN COLONIAL AFRICA -- AFRICAN ATTEMPTS TO MAKE USE OF EUROPEAN NEO-TRADITION -- EUROPEANS AND 'TRADITION' IN AFRICA -- AFRICAN MANIPULATION OF INVENTED CUSTOM.
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THE USE OF 'TRADITION' BY ELDERS AGAINST YOUTH -- THE USE OF 'TRADITION' BY MEN AGAINST WOMEN -- THE MANIPULATION OF 'TRADITION' AGAINST SUBJECTS AND IMMIGRANTS -- CONCLUSION -- 7 Mass-Producing Traditions: Europe, 1870-1914 -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-60467-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-52139-5
Language:
English
