In the name of Ossian
Celtic Galicia and the 'brothers from the north
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3036004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Javier Campos Calvo-Sotelo (0000-0001-7460-5502, independent scholar, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 828-842 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504630.2018.1564267 |
| OpenAlex | W2911570338 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 36 |
The modern Celtic myth is a complex framework because of its variety of constituent elements. In essence, it consists of an empathetic celebration of otherness, based on a timeless narrative and restorative nostalgia, but including nationalist and capitalist-market interests. Since the first edition of the Ossianic poems by James Macpherson in 1760, Celticness has firmly settled within a collective imagination in search of alternative aesthetic, political, and even spiritual values. It has been exploited in different geocultural spaces and articulated in propaganda strategies, to found ethnic consciousness and fill the gaps of history. In addition to other Celtic areas of Europe, Galicia (NW Spain) has a long Celtophile tradition, with relevant intellectual support, ritual symbologies, and media productions. This article focuses on Galician Celtic-based history, icons, events, phenomena like the Real Banda of bagpipes, the Interceltic Festival of Ortigueira, and the renewed archaeological attempt to locate Galician ancestry within Iron Age Celts. Celticness has been the main identity locus in the construction of Galicia as a nation, shaping a specific social awareness and even invoking racial arguments. Comparison is established with Scotland, Brittany and Ireland (the ‘brothers from the north’) in their respective perception and treatment of modern Celticness
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Celtic languages · Ethnic group · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · Nationalism · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Classics · Galician and Iberian cultural studies · History · Law · Nationalism and Cultural Identity · Spanish Literature and Culture Studies
Dance-work
Celticism and the Annulment of History
Identity in Today’s Europe
The ghost in the luggage
What is this ‘black’ in Irish popular culture
Nationalism, identity and landscape in contemporary Galicia
Why the History of ‘the Celtic Fringe’ Remains Unwritten
Great expectations – the European Union and cultural policy
Another lost cause? Pan-Celticism, race and language
A musical nation
Celticism and the annulment of history
I Celti, la prima Europa
Joining Europe
Creating Prehistory
The Racial Theories of Emilia Pardo Bazan
Music and identity in Ireland and beyond
Celtic Nationalism and Supranationalism
The European Nation-State
The Celts
Visions of Albion
Roots, rock, Breizh
The dilemmas of ethnic privilege
A tale of three sites
In the name of Ossian
Fuzzy frontiers of identity
The hybrid self and the ambivalence of boundaries
Bring Me the Head of James Macpherson
Vernacular Religion, Contemporary Spirituality and Emergent Identities
Playing with 'Scottishness
Filming Through the Mists of Time
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |