The Invention of TraditionEric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger Cambridge University Press, 26 mar 2012 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. |
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Pagina 15
... tartan whose colour and pattern indicates their 'clan'; and if they indulge in music, their instrument is the bagpipe. This apparatus, to which they ascribe great antiquity, is in fact largely modern. It was developed after, sometimes ...
... tartan whose colour and pattern indicates their 'clan'; and if they indulge in music, their instrument is the bagpipe. This apparatus, to which they ascribe great antiquity, is in fact largely modern. It was developed after, sometimes ...
Pagina 18
... tartan philibeg', the modern kilt, come to be the costume of the Highlander? The facts are not really in doubt, especially since the publication of Mr J. Telfer Dunbar's excellent work.6 Whereas tartan - that is, cloth woven in a ...
... tartan philibeg', the modern kilt, come to be the costume of the Highlander? The facts are not really in doubt, especially since the publication of Mr J. Telfer Dunbar's excellent work.6 Whereas tartan - that is, cloth woven in a ...
Pagina 19
... tartans' are an even later invention. They were designed as part of a pageant devised by Sir Walter Scott in honour ... tartan.7 In the course of the seventeenth century — the century in which the link between the Highlands and Ireland ...
... tartans' are an even later invention. They were designed as part of a pageant devised by Sir Walter Scott in honour ... tartan.7 In the course of the seventeenth century — the century in which the link between the Highlands and Ireland ...
Pagina 23
... tartans; the portraits of the Macdonalds of Armadale show 'at least six distinct setts of tartan'; and contemporary evidence concerning the rebellion of 1745 — whether pictorial, sartorial or literary — shows no diflerentiation of clans ...
... tartans; the portraits of the Macdonalds of Armadale show 'at least six distinct setts of tartan'; and contemporary evidence concerning the rebellion of 1745 — whether pictorial, sartorial or literary — shows no diflerentiation of clans ...
Pagina 24
... tartan worn. The law (of which he disapproved) had everywhere been enforced. Even the bagpipe, he-noted, 'begins to be forgotten'. By 1780 the Highland dress seemed extinct, and no rational man would have speculated on its revival ...
... tartan worn. The law (of which he disapproved) had everywhere been enforced. Even the bagpipe, he-noted, 'begins to be forgotten'. By 1780 the Highland dress seemed extinct, and no rational man would have speculated on its revival ...
Sommario
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15 | |
The Hunt for the Welsh Past | 43 |
Representing Authority in Victorian India | 165 |
The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa | 211 |
Europe 18701914 | 263 |
Index | 309 |
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African ancient appeared bards became Britain British monarchy Celtic Celts Chewa chiefs clan colonial Commemorative common coronation costume Crown culture defined Druids durbar early Edward Lhuyd Edward VII eighteenth century eisteddfod élite Empire empress England English established European Evans figure find first flag German Gorsedd governor harp Highland dress historians honour House of Windsor Ibid identification Imperial Assemblage Indian industrial influence invented traditions invention of tradition Iolo Morganwg John Jones Jubilee kilt labour Lady Llanover language Lhuyd London Lord Lozi Lytton Macpherson mass middle classes military modern monuments movement Mughal native neo-traditional nineteenth century occasion oflicers oflicial past patriots peasant period political popular Queen Queen Victoria reflected revival Richard Dimbleby royal ceremonial royal ritual rule rulers Scotland Scottish significant Sobieski Stuarts social society specific sport symbol tartan Thomas Thomas Pennant triple harp viceroy Victoria Welsh William wrote