
Published online:
19 September 2024
Published in print:
12 January 2024
Online ISBN:
9781399512886
Print ISBN:
9781399512862
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In the Beginning was the Word In the Beginning was the Word
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Is There Such a Thing as Scottish Screen Acting? Is There Such a Thing as Scottish Screen Acting?
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Where Extremes Meet Where Extremes Meet
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Glasgow’s Miles Better Glasgow’s Miles Better
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Class and Nation in Rab C. Nesbitt Class and Nation in Rab C. Nesbitt
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A Structuring Absence? A Structuring Absence?
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Chapter
28 The Exquisite Corpse of Rab(elais) C(opernicus) Nesbitt
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349–370
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Published:January 2024
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McArthur, Colin, and Jonathan Murray, 'The Exquisite Corpse of Rab(elais) C(opernicus) Nesbitt', in Jonathan Murray (ed.), Cinema, Culture, Scotland: Selected Essays (Edinburgh , 2024; online edn, Edinburgh Scholarship Online, 19 Sept. 2024), https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781399512862.003.0029, accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
Having recounted the difficulty English television audiences had in understanding the Glasgow vernacular of the Scottish television series Rab C. Nesbitt, the essay proposes that it exemplifies Scots cultural critics’ account of the extent to which culture supplanted politics to deliver ‘the Scottish voice’ following the failure of the 1979 referendum on Scottish independence. Extending the discussion into Scottish body language and Scottish screen acting, the essay demonstrates the melding of High and Low culture and the considerable artistic quality of two episodes from the series.
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