I don't know that one. I have "Highland Heritage" by Grace Campbell in my library, but I think that's not the one to which you are referring here. Let me know.
Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American South by Celeste Ray. Amazon (US) link
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Originally Posted by davidlpope
That's the one! Thanks.
Yes, of course. I know of Professor Ray but have not read his work. I suspect this would be fascinating but a topic of great controversy here on this forum
Yes, of course. I know of Professor Ray but have not read his work. I suspect this would be fascinating but a topic of great controversy here on this forum
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Professor Ray is actually a "her". Her work has been discussed here before, by yours truly and others. Overall she presents a very interesting look at the Scottish-American community. While some might find her analysis disconserting, I think she raises some very good points about the mythology of history and how diaspora people re-create their home cultures abroad. Her analysis of World War II German reenactors has been far more contraversial than Highland Heritage though.
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Originally Posted by cajunscot
Professor Ray is actually a "her". Her work has been discussed here before, by yours truly and others. Overall she presents a very interesting look at the Scottish-American community. While some might find her analysis disconserting, I think she raises some very good points about the mythology of history and how diaspora people re-create their home cultures abroad. Her analysis of World War II German reenactors has been far more contraversial than Highland Heritage though.
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Thanks, Todd. I don't think I have ever run across a male with the name "Celeste". I'll go a-searching and catch up on what has been written here. I recall "her" work being referenced in a study of the migration of, predominantly, Lowland Scots to British Columbia in the post WW1 years and the degrees of their acceptance by the resident Scots community.
Originally Posted by ThistleDown
Her work has been discussed here before, by yours truly and others. Overall she presents a very interesting look at the Scottish-American community. While some might find her analysis disconserting, I think she raises some very good points about the mythology of history and how diaspora people re-create their home cultures abroad. Her analysis of World War II German reenactors has been far more contraversial than Highland Heritage though. 
I don't think I have ever run across a male with the name "Celeste". I'll go a-searching and catch up on what has been written here. I recall "her" work being referenced in a study of the migration of, predominantly, Lowland Scots to British Columbia in the post WW1 years and the degrees of their acceptance by the resident Scots community.
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