Cornish Studies Volume 17
This volume—the latest in the acclaimed Cornish Studies series—addresses issues of sustainability and the china clay region of mid-Cornwall, with articles on landscape, literature, archaeology, political culture, and sustainable communities. Also included are wider comparative discussions on topics such as access to higher education in Cornwall, contemporary Cornish music, St. Piran and the cult of the saints, and issues of authenticity at Cornish heritage sites.

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Cornish Studies Volume 17
This volume—the latest in the acclaimed Cornish Studies series—addresses issues of sustainability and the china clay region of mid-Cornwall, with articles on landscape, literature, archaeology, political culture, and sustainable communities. Also included are wider comparative discussions on topics such as access to higher education in Cornwall, contemporary Cornish music, St. Piran and the cult of the saints, and issues of authenticity at Cornish heritage sites.

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This volume—the latest in the acclaimed Cornish Studies series—addresses issues of sustainability and the china clay region of mid-Cornwall, with articles on landscape, literature, archaeology, political culture, and sustainable communities. Also included are wider comparative discussions on topics such as access to higher education in Cornwall, contemporary Cornish music, St. Piran and the cult of the saints, and issues of authenticity at Cornish heritage sites.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780859898492
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Publication date: 12/18/2009
Series: Cornish Studies , #17
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Philip Payton is professor of Cornish and Australian studies and director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall Campus. Shelley Trower is a research fellow also at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall Campus.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors vii

Introduction 1

1 Clayscapes: Views of a Working Landscape, from Poetry to Oral History Shelley Trower 17

2 Seeing the Clay Country: The Novels of Jack Clemo Gemma Goodman 34

3 A Sustainable Literature? Ecocriticism, Environment and a New Eden in Cornwall's China-Clay Mining Region Alan M. Kent 51

4 A 'Treasured' Landscape: Snapshots of Prehistoric Life in mid-Cornwall Adrian Rodda 80

5 Historical Development and Sustainable Development Ronald Perry Charles Thurlow 100

6 Electoral Landscapes: Political Ecology of the Clay Country Since 1885 Garry Tregidga 117

7 Sustainable Communities, Innovation, Social Capital and the Inland China Clay Villages Joanie Willett 136

8 Accessing Education in Cornwall: Exploring the Structure/ Agency Debate among Potential Students Kerryn Husk 157

9 Jynwethek Ylow Kernewek: The Significance of Cornish Techno Music Philip Hayward 173

10 'Arise St Piran': The Cult of the Saints and the Redefining of Cornwall Jesse Harasta 187

11 'This magical Tudor house': Cotehele and the Concept of Authenticity: A Chronological Review Graham Busby Rachel Hunt Helen Small 204

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