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Myths of authenticity and cultural performance : Breton identity in the poetry anthology 1839-2000
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dc.contributor.author | Evans, David Elwyn | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-12T14:30:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-12T14:30:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-07-01 | |
dc.identifier | 272710912 | |
dc.identifier | ed9d25ad-6074-4082-8749-905add4636e9 | |
dc.identifier | 000661699600002 | |
dc.identifier | 85108702520 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Evans , D E 2021 , ' Myths of authenticity and cultural performance : Breton identity in the poetry anthology 1839-2000 ' , Nottingham French Studies , vol. 60 , no. 2 , pp. 159-174 . https://doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2021.0314 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0029-4586 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7258-3485/work/98487561 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/23768 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article examines the various constructions of Breton identity in twelve anthologies of poetry revealing three broad conceptual phases: celebration of an essential ethno-cultural otherness which nonetheless belongs within the French Republic (1830–1918), calls for independence which harness pan-Celtic or postcolonial discourses (1919–71), and a playful, performative notion of identity based on cultural affinity, inclusive of incomers (1976–2000). I focus on strategies of editorial framing which, in each phase, insist on the apartness, and the authenticity, of Breton expression. These anthological, quasi-anthropological projects both anticipate and encourage the reader’s touristic gaze, betraying anxieties about Brittany’s relationship to the nation within which it must negotiate a place. These negotiations are played out in texts which, in their use of the French language and French poetic forms, operate a constant dialogue with the national tradition, a mode of self-questioning to which the poem is particularly well suited. | |
dc.format.extent | 16 | |
dc.format.extent | 331776 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nottingham French Studies | en |
dc.subject | Poetry | en |
dc.subject | Anthologies | en |
dc.subject | Brittany | en |
dc.subject | Identity | en |
dc.subject | Authenticity | en |
dc.subject | Touristic gaze | en |
dc.subject | Cliché | en |
dc.subject | Performance | en |
dc.subject | PB Modern European Languages | en |
dc.subject | PN Literature (General) | en |
dc.subject | I | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | PB | en |
dc.subject.lcc | PN | en |
dc.title | Myths of authenticity and cultural performance : Breton identity in the poetry anthology 1839-2000 | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. French | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Contemporary Art | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Poetic Innovation | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3366/nfs.2021.0314 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2021-08-12 |
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