Paternalism, Public Memory and National Identity in Early Victorian Scotland

The Robert Burns Festival at Ayr in 1844

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9879628
AutoresAlex Tyrrell (La Trobe University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen90
Número297
Páginas42-61
Fecha de publicación2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHistory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-2648 • E-ISSN: 1468-229X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-229x.2005.00322.x
OpenAlexW1980423782
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

This article analyses an episode in which several major themes of Scottish (and British) cultural and political history intersected: the cult of heroes, romantic paternalism and the evolution of Scottish national identity. Departing from interpretations that have overemphasized the hegemony of an anti-aristocratic bourgeoisie, the article interprets the Burns cult as a contested site of memory. By explicating the dramaturgy of the Robert Burns Festival in 1844 it shows how this event interlocked with the Eglinton tournament, Young England, Queen Victoria's first visit to Scotland, and the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights, to express a version of national identity that was intended to provide the cultural framework for an assertion of aristocratic paternalism in Scotland

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Bourgeoisie · Cult · Dramaturgy · Hegemony · Identity (music · Literature · Media studies · National identity · Paternalism · Political science · Politics · Romance · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Scottish History and National Identity