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Bearing memory : re-visioning Scottish traveller stories from 1950-2013

The Scottish Gypsy Travellers have transmitted their stories as a living oral tradition for centuries, partly to maintain their distinct cultural identity, partly as an educational tool, 'and partly as entertainment. My thesis proposes that the 'discovery' of a select group of Scottish Gypsy Traveller memory-bearers by the folklorist Hamish Henderson played a leading role in the Scottish Folk Revival. It additionally suggests that while this 'discovery' has contributed to the re-inscribing of Scotland's national identity, its legacy, in terms of re-defining the socio-cultural praxis of the wider Scottish Gypsy Traveller community itself, has been negligible

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:635910
Date January 2013
CreatorsGreen, Rosalind Margaret
PublisherUniversity of Essex
Source SetsEthos UK
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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