Abstract
This essay looks at recent Scottish autobiographical writing in the context of Scottish devolution and the collective memory work produced to mark the millennium. This focus on collective memory through oral history life-stories was aimed at documenting the “life of the nation”. The essay addresses the question: Whose life-stories are recorded, published and enter the public sphere? It argues that an understanding of this provides relevant insights into the inner structure, self-image and current concerns of the nation. Major themes of the texts chosen for analysis are gender, class and location. The main focus of the essay is on what these autobiographical texts reveal about Scottish identity and the essay identifies the key narratives of Scottishness in play in the selection and publishing of the collective autobiographies.
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