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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 | |
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 | PURE: 272710912 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: ed9d25ad-6074-4082-8749-905add4636e9 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7258-3485/work/98487561 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000661699600002 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85108702520 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://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.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nottingham French Studies | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2021 University of Nottingham. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2021.0314. | 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 | P Philology. Linguistics | en |
dc.subject | PB Modern European Languages | en |
dc.subject | I | en |
dc.subject.lcc | P1 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | PB | en |
dc.title | Myths of authenticity and cultural performance : Breton identity in the poetry anthology 1839-2000 | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | 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 | https://doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2021.0314 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2021-08-12 |
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