University of Exeter Press

Cornish Studies Volume 12

    • 320 Pages


    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.







    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



    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.