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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/18345| Appears in Collections: | Literature and Languages Book Chapters and Sections |
| Title: | The 'Settlers and Colonists' Affair |
| Author(s): | Hames, Scott |
| Contact Email: | scott.hames@stir.ac.uk |
| Editor(s): | Manfredi, C |
| Citation: | Hames S (2014) The 'Settlers and Colonists' Affair. In: Manfredi C (ed.) Alasdair Gray: Ink for Worlds. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 73-104. http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137401779 |
| Keywords: | Alasdair Gray Scottish literature Scottish politics Scottish independence Anti-Englishness media studies |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2014 |
| Date Deposited: | 17-Jan-2014 |
| Abstract: | In the final weeks of 2012, media reports on Alasdair Gray’s essay ‘Settlers and Colonists’ sparked a heated debate concerning Scottish cultural governance and ‘anti-Englishness’. This chapter documents and contextualizes the controversy vis-à-vis the campaigns for and against Scottish independence, and several related cultural debates. A detailed chronology of initial media coverage and political reaction (extraordinary in its volume and vehemence) is supplemented by a list of recommended essays and blogs providing further insight. The lasting impact of this episode on Gray’s reputation and public standing is unclear; this chapter examines the role of politicians, the media and Gray himself in a process by which the author became (and was made to become) a casualty of his own incautious words, but also rendered curiously voiceless. |
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| URL: | http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137401779 |
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