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Glencoe 1692: Ein Massaker als komplexer Erinnerungsort

This article analyses the complex memorialisation of the Glencoe massacre, and thus contributes to the ongoing process of re-conceptualizing Nora’s concept of lieux de mémoire. It shows that the massacre is at the same time a British lieu de mémoire related to discourses of civilisation, an argument of Scottish nationalism, an element in the invention of a distinct Highland culture, a source of profit for the tourism industry, and a transnational focus of identification for descendents of emigrated Highlanders. The article argues that lieux de mémoire should be analysed departing from their memorial complexity rather than from a preconceived identity.