Being Australian: Narratives of national identity

ISBN-13: 9781741149289 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 400 str.

Catriona Elder

Opis

Following a decade of major social and cultural change in Australia, this study looks at what exactlyit means to be Australian and examines how different conceptssuch as egalitarianism and sporting prowesshave been used to create a national identity. Serving as a broad introduction to Australian history and social science, it explores the origins and effects of the national character, including the dominant ideas of class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and race in modern society."

Recenzje

A clever work: incisive and original. At a time when Australian identities have never been more debated, Elder finds an open way through the closed doors which often restrict cultural representations of Australian-ness.'

Professor Adam Shoemaker, Dean of Arts, ANU

This is a timely and significant new analysis essential reading on issues of identity and our own anxieties about national belonging and what it means to be Australian' in a globalising world.'

Kate Darian-Smith, Professor of Australian Studies and History, University of Melbourne

Spis treści

Introduction

Part 1: Stories in the making

1 Imagining nations: Telling national tales

2 The working man is everywhere: Class and national identity

3 The invisible woman: Gender and nation

4 Populate or perish: Sexuality and nation

5 White Australia meets multiculturalism: Ethnicity and nation

6 The myth of terra nullius: Indigeneity and nation

Part 2: Ways of being Australian

7 The cultural nation: Art, cinema and music

8 The heart of the country: Place, space and land

9 The land of the long weekend: Public holidays and national events

10 Taking to the streets: National uses of public spaces

11 Backyards and barracking: The everyday in Australia

12 Australia on display: Museums, heritage and the national capital

References

Index

O autorze

Catriona Elder lectures in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney.