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There are outstanding women in the history of Scotland, from Mary Queen of Scots to Nicola Sturgeon. At a time when Scotland is envisaging itself as a nation again, the volume examines the part played by women in this construction. Adopting a perspective that is cultural as well as political, the contributors focus on the representation of historical characters such as queens Mary and Margaret, Marie de Guise, or women Makars, and on public and cultural policies. The volume also looks at contemporary writing, with authors such as Jackie Kay, Janice Galloway, Ali Smith, Agnes Owens, Morna Pearson, Kathleen Jamie.
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Introduction
Marie-Odile Pitin-Hédon
Part 1 : Women in History and Myth
Mary (1977) and Margaret (2000): perspectives on the representation of Scottish historical figures
Ian Brown
Calédonia, du concept aux représentations
Jean Berton
Three women in the Scottish cultural landscape: Deirdre, Grainne and MedbCéline Savatier-Lahondes
La place de la femme dans le mouvement covenantaire, 1637-1685Sabrina Juillet
Marie of Lorraine-Guise and the idea of a “Franco-Scotland” (1548-1560)Annette Bächstadt
Les femmes Makars : ambassadrices de l’Ecosse contemporaineChristelle Ferrere
Part 2 : Women in Politics and Culture
Un enjeu genré ? Les femmes écossaises et l'indépendance
Gilles Leydier
Les femmes, les politiques publiques et le Scotland Act de 2016Edwige Camp-Piétrain
Class rather than gender: Women in the Scottish Labout Movement, 1900-1945Christian Civardi
The contribution of the Women's Freedom League to the Cause of women's suffrage in ScotlandSarah Pedersen
Living Culture in Scotland: cherished by women, commandeered by men?Alison McCleery
Legitimizing and propagating the ideology of domesticity: the People's Journal of Dundee (1858-1867)Christian Auer
'The Lass o' Pairts'; the working class female student in literature and reality in ScotlandAlison Taylor McCall
Personal, National, and International Testimony in Willa Muir's Life-WritingMargery Palmer McCulloch
Women Reader and the Scottish ImaginaryAlistair McCleery
Part 3: Contemporary Scottish Women’s literature
Mothers and Daughterlands in Contemporary Scottish Women’s Literature
Glenda Norquay
Mapping the Visceral: Female Experience of Spaces and Places in Janice Galloway’s JellyfishDóra Vercsernyés
Agnes Owens’s strong fighting women, or the insurrection of small, invisible livesBenjamine Toussaint
Rediscovering the currency of Scottish women’s voices in Ali Smith’s ShireJess Orr
Rewriting myths and writing herstory in Ali Smith’s Girl Meets BoySarah Bisson
Morna Pearson et la comédie tragique domestique « Doric » : cherchez la femme…Danièle Berton-Charrière
Women Writing the WildCamille Manfredi
- Author (s)
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Marie-Odile Pittin-Hedon (edit. director)Marie-Odile PIttin-Hedon is Professor of contemporary Scottish literature at Aix-Marseille Université.The authors are European academics working on Scotland and on Scottish studies.
- Readership
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Students and academics specializing in Scottish studies, either history or literature. People carrying out research on women, feminism, on the part played by women in history or, recently, in the independence referendum.
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Laboratoire d’Études et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (Lerma)