{"product_id":"the-literary-politics-of-scottish-scott-hames-9781474418133","title":"The Literary Politics of Scottish Devolution: Voice, Class, Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvides a cultural history and political critique of Scottish devolution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides the first critical history of Scottish devolution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers the first multidisciplinary study of (UK or Scottish) devolution: engaging extensively with the work of historians, sociologists, political scientists and cultural theorists\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines close attention to political and electoral factors with cultural issues and developments \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eDraws on political theory which illuminates devolution from outside its terms \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is about the role of writers and intellectuals in shaping constitutional change. Considering an unprecedented range of literary, political and archival materials, it explores how questions of 'voice', language and identity featured in debates leading to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999. Tracing both the 'dream' of cultural empowerment and the 'grind' of electoral strategy, it reconstructs the influence of magazines such as \u003cem\u003eScottish International\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRadical Scotland\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCencrastus \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eEdinburgh Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and sets the fiction of William McIlvanney, James Kelman, Irvine Welsh, A. L. Kennedy and James Robertson within a radically altered picture of devolved Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Hames\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474418139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474418133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020","brand":"Scott Hames","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43935510954239,"sku":"9781474418133","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b4134c26-c573-4eb0-a48d-d7a51d9127c4.jpg?v=1681420218","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-literary-politics-of-scottish-scott-hames-9781474418133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}