Dr Andrew Jennings chapter in new book 'Scotland and Islandness: Explorations in Community, Economy and Culture'

''Da Norn is lang gien, but hit’s left a waageng’: The Distinctiveness of Shetland’s Cultural Identity' is Dr Andrew Jennings chapter in the new book edited by Kathryn A. Burnett, Ray Burnett and Michael Danson 'Scotland and Islandness: Explorations in Community, Economy and Culture'.

鈥楧a Norn is lang gien, but hit鈥檚 left a waageng,鈥: from the poem A Shuttle o Soonds by Christine de Lucca (2002)

Shetland is home to a culturally rich and distinctive community and in Dr Andrew Jennings' new chapter ''Da Norn is lang gien, but hit鈥檚 left a waageng鈥: The Distinctiveness of Shetland鈥檚 Cultural Identity' he explores the extent of Norse cultural hertiage in modern Shetland. It appears in 'Scotland and Islandness: Explorations in Community, Economy and Culture' Series: Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland edited By Kathryn A. Burnett, Ray Burnett and Michael Danson.