O is for Hoolet (eBook)

Ishbel McFarlane (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
64 Seiten
Salamander Street Ltd. (Verlag)
978-1-913630-13-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Language is personal. Nothing gets closer to our hearts. And yet, by its own nature, it's always social. Who owns it? Who appoints it? Who governs it? And why?In this one-woman show about the Scots language, Ishbel McFarlane presents collected fragments stories, interviews, memories, characters and attitudes to challenge and disrupt our expectations and prejudices about language. By interrogating the history of Scots, and the ways in which it is taught and subdued, the audience is invited to question the way forward for minority languages. Winner of The Arches Platform 18: New Directions Award 2014. A witty, intelligent, and interesting discussion on the subject of language Darrow A passionate call to arms for the study and preservation of minority languages. The Times An engaging, heart-warming piece which is a lovingly made look at language as a living, pulsating, external thing as natural as breathing. The List

Autor

Ishbel Mcfarlane is a performer, writer and theatre maker from Kinross, now in Glasgow, via Edinburgh. She makes work which focuses on social justice, feminism, place, history and language.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Schlagworte: female writer • history of Scottish language • minority languages • monologues for Scottish actors • Scots language • Scots language,minority languages,history of Scottish language,monologues for Scottish actors,The Arches Glasgow • Scottish Gaelic • The Arches Glasgow • The Arches Glasgow,monologues for Scottish actors,history of Scottish language,minority languages,Scots language
• ISBN-10: 1-913630-13-7 / 1913630137
• ISBN-13: 978-1-913630-13-3 / 9781913630133