'Routes of / Routes to: Practice and Performance of Identity in the Isle of Man'
Date(s): 2004
Creator(s): Lewis, Susan
Scope & Content: Submitted thesis for the degree of PhD in Social Anthropology University of St Andrews. The thesis is an ethnographic focus on the Isle of Man, exploring Manx identity and culture. How people identity themselves and what is the nature of 'Manxness'. Chapters covered: roots/routes introducing the journey; in a place in time-methology and the sharing of experience; rooting a round for a sense of identity; speaking roots (looks at the Manx language and the current scene and revival); performing roots (Manx music, dance and cultural events); representing roots ( Manx National Heritage, The Story of Mann, mapping memories, Manx Heritage Foundation). Part 3 interviews,political views on the changes on the Isle of Man, analyses of interviews. The author concludes that the thesis attempts to represent the shifts in identity and social and cultural changes on the Isle of Man. Susan Lewis was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Manx Studies in 2006 working on a year long Manx Heritage Foundation funded project on Manx satirical and self-ironic poetry (1765 to the present).
Administration / Biographical History: Illustrated doctorate thesis submitted by Susan Lewis for a PhD (Social Anthropology) degree at the University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
Language: English
Extent: 1 volume
Physical description: Printout from CD supplied by author
Item name: thesis
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 11429
Record class: Private
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