Highland homecomings : genealogy and heritage tourism in the Scottish highland diaspora / Paul Basu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Basu, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish Americans--Ethnic identity.

Scottish Americans.

Scottish Americans--Travel--Scotland.

Scottish Americans--Genealogy.

Scots--Migrations.

Scots.

Families--Scotland--History.

Families.

Heritage tourism--Scotland.

Heritage tourism.

Culture and tourism--Scotland.

Culture and tourism.

History.

Travel.

Ethnicity.

Scotland--History.

Scotland.

Scotland--Genealogy.

Genre:

Genealogy.

Family histories.

Physical Description:

xv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

The book is concerned with practices through which members of transnational/diasporic communities construct and negotiate aspects of their identities in relation to perceived ancestral homelands. Addressing a central paradox of globalization--the contrary movement towards localization--the book examines the role of place, belonging and territorial attachment in an age often characterized by placelessness, mobility and deterritorialization. More particularly, the book explores flows of people, images, objects, ideas, symbols and stories within a posited Scottish diaspora, focusing on journeys made by people who claim Scottish Highland descent living in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other regions in which Scottish migrants have historically settled, to the Scottish Highlands and Islands to pursue genealogical research and seek out places associated with their ancestors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1844721280

9781844721283

1844721272

9781844721276

OCLC:

70839663