Books and Movies on Scottish culture

[SherbrookeJacobite]

I can't believe no one has recommended the Bay City Rollers.

[Rogerws1]

How the Scots invented the modern world

Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish influened the making of America
by James Webb

[Mavericker]

What books on Scotland should I read?
What books on popular dress and culture should I look at?

What books on Scottish comics and cartoons should I look at?
What funny animal comics should I look at?

Is there a dictionary/glossary associated with the (slang) terminology used in Oor Willie and the Broons?

[Rogerws1]

As I said in the previous post: (but here with a little more detail)

How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
by Arthur Herman

Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish influenced the making of America
by James Webb

These are for historical and cultural items. I am afraid I can't help with cartoons except. Here a a couple of websites but I DO NOT vouch for them.

www.scotoons.co.uk/pages/tsc.html
www.cartoonstock.com/directory/s/scottish.asp
www.greatclanross.org/cartoons.html

Of course there is the very unbecoming McCrory of Bugs bunny fame and ... if you want an iconic (that's a pretty word for stereotypical) view of American Scots ... Bugs BUnny doing the square dance to tame (or tease) the Hatfields and McCoys is always good.

AND ... here is a small Scottish dictionary page:

http://www.barcelonareview.com/mis/scotlex.htm

[Mavericker]

Originally Posted by Polwarth

Poets
Robert Fergusson
The Ettrick Shepherd
Hugh McDairmuid

Films
Local Hero
Gregory's Girl
(both are quite old, but have lots of Scottish dialogue)

TV series
Taking over the asylum
Tutti Frutti
Rab C Nesbitt

Listen to voices: Sean Connery, Denis Lawson, Ewan MacGregor, Gregor Fisher

Does Local Hero and Gregory's Girl feature a lot of Scottish slang?

[Mavericker]

Originally Posted by Rogerws1

Of course there is the very unbecoming McCrory of Bugs bunny fame and ... if you want an iconic (that's a pretty word for stereotypical) view of American Scots ... Bugs BUnny doing the square dance to tame (or tease) the Hatfields and McCoys is always good.

AND ... here is a small Scottish dictionary page:

http://www.barcelonareview.com/mis/scotlex.htm

Thank you, but I want to stray away from stereotypes. I've seen some anime (Japanese animation) and the artists "think" that most black people wears their hair in an Afro.

[Mavericker]

Originally Posted by katekidd

"Restless Natives" is great for a look at teens in the 80's (although not quite 'Trainspotting'), and also has some absolutely gorgeous scenery of both Edinburgh and the Highlands.

Does this movie feature a lot of Scottish slang?