Richard Blaustein is a professor of sociology and anthropology at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He is also the former director of ETSU’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Services.

• Table of ContentsPreface     Introduction     1 Tracing Scottish Allusions in American Discourse on Appalachia     2 Appalachia Studies Comes of Age     3 Scottish Cultural Revivals: A Sketch and a Theory     4 Conversation with a Cultural Missionary: Flora MacDonald Gammon, Waynesville, North Carolina, 17 January 1994     5 Core and Periphery: A Critique of the Internal Colonialism Model in Scotland and Appalachia     6 The Thistle and the Brier: Poetics and Identity Politics in Scotland and Appalachia     7 Self Portrait of a Cultural Activist: A Conversation with Hamish Henderson, Edinburgh, 13 June 1996     8 Folk-Bashing and Cultural Self-Determination in Scotland, Nova Scotia and Appalachia: Looking for Constructive Alternatives to Deconstructionism     9 Dinna Say Dinna: Teachers As Agents of Linguistic Colonialism in Scotland and Appalachia     10 Poems Make the People: A Conversation with Joy Hendry, Edinburgh, 1 July 1996     11 The Beginning of a New Song: Some Reflections Upon the Opening of the New Scottish Parliament     Conclusion     Bibliography     Index

“sensitive and insightful obervations...valuable”—A! Magazine; “lively and stimulating”—The North Carolina Historical Review; “informative”—Journal of Appalachian Studies; “a great reference...an excellent source”—The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); “folk revivals and literature in both Scotland and Appalachia elevated fors of speech that had been disparaged...recognition comes as Appalachian dialects are disappearing from speech, largely because of a more mobile society, education and mass media”—Knox News; “Blaustein develops rich comparisons by working carefully with these prickly symbols...engaging...a sharp critique of cultural critique...important”—Journal of American Folklore; “explores connections and similarities between Scotland and Appalachia, focusing on revivals of folk culture and the incorporation of folk speech into poetry and other forms of creative expression”—The Center for Appalachian Studies and Services; “should provide scintillating reading”—Appalachian Heritage.

Richard Blaustein is a professor of sociology and anthropology at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He is also the former director of ETSU’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Services.

• Table of ContentsPreface     Introduction     1 Tracing Scottish Allusions in American Discourse on Appalachia     2 Appalachia Studies Comes of Age     3 Scottish Cultural Revivals: A Sketch and a Theory     4 Conversation with a Cultural Missionary: Flora MacDonald Gammon, Waynesville, North Carolina, 17 January 1994     5 Core and Periphery: A Critique of the Internal Colonialism Model in Scotland and Appalachia     6 The Thistle and the Brier: Poetics and Identity Politics in Scotland and Appalachia     7 Self Portrait of a Cultural Activist: A Conversation with Hamish Henderson, Edinburgh, 13 June 1996     8 Folk-Bashing and Cultural Self-Determination in Scotland, Nova Scotia and Appalachia: Looking for Constructive Alternatives to Deconstructionism     9 Dinna Say Dinna: Teachers As Agents of Linguistic Colonialism in Scotland and Appalachia     10 Poems Make the People: A Conversation with Joy Hendry, Edinburgh, 1 July 1996     11 The Beginning of a New Song: Some Reflections Upon the Opening of the New Scottish Parliament     Conclusion     Bibliography     Index

“sensitive and insightful obervations...valuable”—A! Magazine; “lively and stimulating”—The North Carolina Historical Review; “informative”—Journal of Appalachian Studies; “a great reference...an excellent source”—The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); “folk revivals and literature in both Scotland and Appalachia elevated fors of speech that had been disparaged...recognition comes as Appalachian dialects are disappearing from speech, largely because of a more mobile society, education and mass media”—Knox News; “Blaustein develops rich comparisons by working carefully with these prickly symbols...engaging...a sharp critique of cultural critique...important”—Journal of American Folklore; “explores connections and similarities between Scotland and Appalachia, focusing on revivals of folk culture and the incorporation of folk speech into poetry and other forms of creative expression”—The Center for Appalachian Studies and Services; “should provide scintillating reading”—Appalachian Heritage.

Richard Blaustein is a professor of sociology and anthropology at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He is also the former director of ETSU’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Services.

• Table of ContentsPreface     Introduction     1 Tracing Scottish Allusions in American Discourse on Appalachia     2 Appalachia Studies Comes of Age     3 Scottish Cultural Revivals: A Sketch and a Theory     4 Conversation with a Cultural Missionary: Flora MacDonald Gammon, Waynesville, North Carolina, 17 January 1994     5 Core and Periphery: A Critique of the Internal Colonialism Model in Scotland and Appalachia     6 The Thistle and the Brier: Poetics and Identity Politics in Scotland and Appalachia     7 Self Portrait of a Cultural Activist: A Conversation with Hamish Henderson, Edinburgh, 13 June 1996     8 Folk-Bashing and Cultural Self-Determination in Scotland, Nova Scotia and Appalachia: Looking for Constructive Alternatives to Deconstructionism     9 Dinna Say Dinna: Teachers As Agents of Linguistic Colonialism in Scotland and Appalachia     10 Poems Make the People: A Conversation with Joy Hendry, Edinburgh, 1 July 1996     11 The Beginning of a New Song: Some Reflections Upon the Opening of the New Scottish Parliament     Conclusion     Bibliography     Index

“sensitive and insightful obervations...valuable”—A! Magazine; “lively and stimulating”—The North Carolina Historical Review; “informative”—Journal of Appalachian Studies; “a great reference...an excellent source”—The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); “folk revivals and literature in both Scotland and Appalachia elevated fors of speech that had been disparaged...recognition comes as Appalachian dialects are disappearing from speech, largely because of a more mobile society, education and mass media”—Knox News; “Blaustein develops rich comparisons by working carefully with these prickly symbols...engaging...a sharp critique of cultural critique...important”—Journal of American Folklore; “explores connections and similarities between Scotland and Appalachia, focusing on revivals of folk culture and the incorporation of folk speech into poetry and other forms of creative expression”—The Center for Appalachian Studies and Services; “should provide scintillating reading”—Appalachian Heritage.