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Scottish Crofters: A Historical Ethnography of a Celtic Village (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
Susan Parman
Edition: 2
Retail Price (not our price): $49.95
ISBN: 0534633242
ISBN-13: 9780534633240
Publication Date: 2004-04-19
Pages: 192

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This case study focuses on Geall, a community in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. With an understanding gained from an intimate, long-term relationship with Scotland, things Scottish, and the people of the community the author describes Geall as a human community and places it in the wider cultural, historical, economic, and sociopolitical contexts of maintaining relationships to Scotland, England and Europe. This is the first book to look at a Scottish Highland Community and the first ethnography to utilize the semiotic theory of culture, which views history as an act of cultural creation. The book emphasizes the way symbols are used to interpret elements of the culture such as economy, power, mental illness, and religion, by exploring the significant symbols associated with the state, the mechanisms for integrating community and state, and how people define leaders and social role.


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