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Reweaving the fringe: localism, tradition, and representation in British ethnography
Author(s) -
NADELKLEIN JANE
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1991.18.3.02a00050
Subject(s) - localism , identity (music) , ethnography , sociology , context (archaeology) , negotiation , romance , power (physics) , representation (politics) , gender studies , political science , social science , politics , law , anthropology , history , aesthetics , psychology , philosophy , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , psychoanalysis
Assertions of localist identity pervade modern British society. Most ethnographic accounts look at localism primarily from the inside, but this article argues that ideas about localism must also be regarded from the outside, as part of the marginalizing dynamics of the global division of labor and the experience of class. Localism has been variously represented as romantic, heroic, or backward. Such representations indicate the ongoing negotiation of identity and status within a context of gross inequality of power. [ localism, Scotland, community, identity, marginality ]