Cornish Studies Volume 12

The twelfth volume in the acclaimed paperback series …the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation.

1. Introduction 2. From 'Cornish Studies' to 'Critical Cornish Studies': Reflections on Methodology, Bernard Deacon 3. Putting the Kitsch into Kernow, Jonathan Howlett 4. 'Noscitur A Sociis': Jenner, Duncombe-Jewell and their Milieu, Sharon Lowenna 5. Talking Identity: Understanding Cornwall's Oral Culture Through Group Dialogue, Garry Tregidga and Lucy Ellis 6. 'Drill Cores': A Newly-Found Manuscript of Cousin Jack Narratives from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA, Alan M. Kent 7. 'Are You Church or Chapel?' Perceptions of Spatial and Spiritual Identity within Cornish Methodism, Kayleigh Milden 8. The Contested Cornish Church Heritage, Graham Busby 9. 'A Match, a Meal, and a Song': The Early Years of Cricket in Cornwall, Ian Clarke 10. Radon at South Crofty Mine: The Social Construction of an Occupational Health and Safety Issue, Sandra Kippen and Yolande Collins 11. The National Dock Labour Scheme in Cornwall, Terry Chapman 12. Positions, Patronage, and Preference: Political Influence in Fowey Before 1832, Helen Doe 13. 'As Cornish As Possible'-'Not an Outcast Anymore': Speakers' and Learners' Opinions on Cornish, Kenneth MacKinnon 14. Rex David, Bersabe, and Syr Urry: A Comparative Approach to a Scene in the Cornish Origo Mundi, Brian Murdoch Review Article 15. Mebyon Kernow, Adrian Lee,

1. Introduction

2. From 'Cornish Studies' to 'Critical Cornish Studies': Reflections on Methodology, Bernard Deacon

3. Putting the Kitsch into Kernow, Jonathan Howlett

4. 'Noscitur A Sociis': Jenner, Duncombe-Jewell and their Milieu, Sharon Lowenna

5. Talking Identity: Understanding Cornwall's Oral Culture Through Group Dialogue, Garry Tregidga and Lucy Ellis

6. 'Drill Cores': A Newly-Found Manuscript of Cousin Jack Narratives from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA, Alan M. Kent

7. 'Are You Church or Chapel?' Perceptions of Spatial and Spiritual Identity within Cornish Methodism, Kayleigh Milden

8. The Contested Cornish Church Heritage, Graham Busby

9. 'A Match, a Meal, and a Song': The Early Years of Cricket in Cornwall, Ian Clarke

10. Radon at South Crofty Mine: The Social Construction of an Occupational Health and Safety Issue, Sandra Kippen and Yolande Collins

11. The National Dock Labour Scheme in Cornwall, Terry Chapman

12. Positions, Patronage, and Preference: Political Influence in Fowey Before 1832, Helen Doe

13. 'As Cornish As Possible'-'Not an Outcast Anymore': Speakers' and Learners' Opinions on Cornish, Kenneth MacKinnon

14. Rex David, Bersabe, and Syr Urry: A Comparative Approach to a Scene in the Cornish Origo Mundi, Brian Murdoch

Review Article

15. Mebyon Kernow, Adrian Lee

Philip Payton is Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies in the University of Exeter and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University’s Cornwall campus. He is also the author of A.L. Rowse in Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot and numerous other books on Cornwall and the Cornish. Philip Payton is Emeritus Professor in the University of Exeter and Professor of History at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and is the former Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies in the University of Exeter. He edited Cornish Studies, published annually from 1993-2013, the only series of publications that seeks to investigate and understand the complex nature of Cornish identity, as well as to discuss its implications for society and governance in contemporary Cornwall. He has written extensively on Cornish topics, and recent books include A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot (2005), Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia’s Little Cornwall (2007), John Betjeman and Cornwall: ‘The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist’ (2010), and (edited with Alston Kennerley and Helen Doe), The Maritime History of Cornwall (2014). He has recently been awarded South Australian Historian of the Year 2017 by the History Council of South Australia.

• Edited by Philip Payton
• Contributions by Graham Busby
• Contributions by Terry Chapman
• Contributions by Ian Clarke
• Contributions by Yolande Collins
• Contributions by Bernard Deacon
• Contributions by Helen Doe
• Contributions by Lucy Ellis
• Contributions by Jonathan Howlett
• Contributions by Alan M. Kent
• Contributions by Sandra Kippen
• Contributions by Adrian Lee
• Contributions by Sharon Lowenna
• Contributions by Kenneth MacKinnon
• Contributions by Kayleigh Milden
• Contributions by Brian Murdoch
• Contributions by Philip Payton
• Contributions by Garry Tregidga

"For more than ten years Cornish Studies has helped make Cornwall one of the better studied and documented parts of the British Isles. Each issue contains fascinating new research over the broadest agenda. The distinctiveness of Cornwall, as well as its similarities with and relationship to other regions, are given sharp focus. I'm especially glad its purview stretches as far as Australia. Cornish Studies deserves to be read across the Cornish world and beyond." (Professor Eric Richards, Department of History, Flinders University of South Australia) "Cornish Studies provides a fresh, accessible and illuminating insight into the many-sided history and culture of Cornwall. The interdisciplinary and comparative approach encouraged by the editor, Philip Payton, has proved particularly rewarding and has deepened our understanding of Celtic societies in general." (Professor Geraint H. Jenkins, Director of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth) "Cornish Studies is a wide-ranging and stimulating series. The topics which it covers relate primarily to the development of Cornish culture and society, past and present, but they are often of relevance far beyond Cornwall. It is meticulously edited to a very high standard, and beautifully produced. Its contents and format make it a most attractive and useful contribution to knowledge, accessible to the general reader as well as to the academic." (Donald E. Meek, Professor of Celtic, University of Edinburgh)
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'For more than ten years Cornish Studies has helped make Cornwall one of the better studied and documented parts of the British Isles. Each issue contains fascinating new research over the broadest agenda. The distinctiveness of Cornwall, as well as its similarities with and relationship to other regions, are given sharp focus. I'm especially glad its purview stretches as far as Australia. Cornish Studies deserves to be read across the Cornish world and beyond. (Professor Eric Richards, Department of History, Flinders University of South Australia)

'Cornish Studies provides a fresh, accessible and illuminating insight into the many-sided history and culture of Cornwall. The interdisciplinary and comparative approach encouraged by the editor, Philip Payton, has proved particularly rewarding and has deepened our understanding of Celtic societies in general.' (Professor Geraint H. Jenkins, Director of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth)

'Cornish Studies is a wide-ranging and stimulating series. The topics which it covers relate primarily to the development of Cornish culture and society, past and present, but they are often of relevance far beyond Cornwall. It is meticulously edited to a very high standard, and beautifully produced. Its contents and format make it a most attractive and useful contribution to knowledge, accessible to the general reader as well as to the academic.' (Donald E. Meek, Professor of Celtic, University of Edinburgh)

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