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tartanry [ˈtɑːtənrɪ]
n Derogatory the excessive use of tartan and other Scottish imagery to produce a distorted sentimental view of Scotland and its history [tartan1 + -ry] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | This highlights one of the biggest tensions in the project - the clash between indigenous Scottish identity in 2009 and Scottish-American identity, and identity that has been forged through invention of tradition, built around tartanry and Highlandism. At Burns' Suppers, he recited Tam O'Shanter with dramatics but was contemptuous of "the backward-looking Scotland of the kaleyard, tartanry and the broadsword". Hope and reason flee in advance of bad tartanry, ultraphony accents, and gooey caricatures of Gaelcult, itself the longest-running caricature of national identity in a field of worldclass competitors. |
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