The primary aim of New Directions in Celtic Studies is to focus on contemporary issues and to promote interdisciplinary approaches within the subject. Written by international scholars and practitioners in fields such as folklore, ethnomusicology, art history, religious studies, tourism and education, the book brings together in one volume a wide range of perspectives. It responds to the recent questioning of the viability of the notion of 'Celticity' and the idea of Celtic Studies as a discipline and points to a renewed vitality in the subject.
New Directions in Celtic Studies is divided into four sections: popular culture and representation; commodities and Celtic lifestyles; contemporary Celtic identity and the Celtic diaspora; Celtic praxis.
Amy Hale is Research Fellow in Celtic Studies at the Institute of Cornish Studies, University of Exeter. Philip Payton is Professor of Cornish Studies and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the editor of the series Cornish Studies and the author of numerous books including The Making of Modern Cornwall (1992), The Cornish Overseas (1999; new edn. 2005) and A Vision of Cornwall (2002).
Introduction, Amy Hale and Philip Payton
Section One: Popular Culture and Representation
1 Reading the Record Bins: The Commercial Construction of Celtic Music, Shannon Thornton (Doctoral candidate in Folklore at UCLA)
2 Representation of the Celts in Film and Television, Leslie Jones (Freelance writer, folklorist and Celticist)
3 Legend and Breton Identity, Antone Minard (Doctoral student in Folklore at UCLA)
Section Two: Commodities and Celtic Lifestyles
4 Reclaiming Celtic Spiritual Ancestry, Marion Bowman (Lecturer in the Study of Religions at Bath College of Higher Education)
Section Three: Contemporary Celtic Identity and the Celtic Diaspora
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