Myth and materiality in a woman's world: Shetland 1800 - 2000
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Manchester [u.a.]
Manchester Univ. Press
2005
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| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series: | Gender in history
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-243) and index |
| Physical Description: | xi, 252 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0719065925 978 0719065927 |
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| adam_text | Contents
LIST OF FIGURES, TABLE AND PLATES page vii
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS viii
GLOSSARY AND NOTE ON SHETLAND DIALECT xi
MAP OF SHETLAND Xli
1 Pasts, peoples, selves 1
Arrivals 1
Otherness 2
Belonging 6
Understanding 11
Interpreting 15
2 Stories 24
Narrative 24
Sagas 31
Old wives tales 34
Performance 38
Conclusions 47
3 Place 53
Women in the landscape 53
Life and work 58
Surplus women 65
Conclusions 80
4 Work 84
Producing 84
Crofting 89
Knitting 98
Gutting 111
Conclusions 116
5 Culture 122
Collectivity 123
Solidarity 125
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CONTENTS
Trust 130
Vulnerability 133
Sociability 140
Superstition 144
Conclusions 148
6 Sexualities 154
Moralities 155
Meanings 164
Uncertainties 174
Respectability 181
Conclusions 187
7 Power 191
Gender 192
Property 195
Production 197
Domesticity 204
Knowledge 206
Conclusions 217
8 Reflections 223
The past as personal 223
Disturbing narratives 225
BIBLIOGRAPHY 229
INDEX 244
e— vi *¦«
List of figures, table and plates
Figures
3.1 Male female population of Shetland, 1801 2001 66
3.2 Number of females per 100 males in Shetland and
Scotland, 1801 2001 67
3.3 Marriage rates in Shetland and Scotland, 1851 1961 70
3.4 Unmarried men and women, Shetland, 1861 1911 71
3.5 Bachelors and spinsters in Shetland and Scotland, 1861 1911 72
3.6 Occupations of unmarried women and widows in Lerwick,
1881: percentage in each occupational group 78
Table
3.1 Marital status of women (aged fifteen and over),
Scotland and Shetland, 1861 1911 73
Plates
1 Three women carrying kishies of peats from Gremista
to Lerwick, 1901 54
2 Women harrowing in Norwick, Unst, 1890s 91
3 Two women s rowing crews at Lerwick regatta, 1890s 96
4 Women carding wool inside a crofthouse, with fish drying
above the fire, c.1900 101
5 Women gutting at the farlins, Gremista, Lerwick, 1890s 113
6 Women at Albert wharf, Lerwick, c.1880 156
All plates reproduced courtesy of Shetland Museum
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