Within and without Empire :  Scotland across the (post) colonial Borderline / 
edited by Carla Sassi and Theo van Heijnsbergen. 
 - 1 online resource (275 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Acknowledgements; introduction; "injured by timeand defeated by violence"; gaelic perspectives; negotiations of barbarity, authenticity and purity in eighteenthand nineteenth century gaelicliterature; gaelic books as cultural icons; gaelic poetry and the british militaryenterprise, 1756-1945; the gaelic voiceand (post)colonial discourse; writing scotland's (post)empire; kailyard money; an educational empire of print; colonialism and empire as naturalorder in the early dollar magazine; the scottish jutewallahs; the kilted dragon; scotland's others; "i, daughter.""John is a good indian"speaking as tribal (m)other; "the plantation owner is neverwearing a kilt"; notes on contributors; references; index of personal names  The concept of the border evoked by the title of the present volume provides a central interpretative key for our project at more than one level, as it is suggestive both of Scotland as a 'theoretical borderland' in relation to the Empire and postcoloniality, and of our attempt at bringing into dialogue scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, including Scottish, Celtic and postcolonial studies. The 'Scotland' of the present volume's title is thus suggestive of a critical standpoint. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781443855679 9781306309394 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Scottish literature--History and criticism.--19th century.<br/>Scottish literature--History and criticism.--20th century.<br/>Scottish literature--Bio-bibliography<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh<br/>Scottish literature<br/>Literary studies: post-colonial literature<br/>Colonialism & imperialism<br/>Cultural studies