Gender, Race and National Identity : Nations of Flesh and Blood

ISBN-13: 9780415384766 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 254 str.

Jacqueline Hogan;Hogan Jacquelin

Opis

Examines links between gender, race and national identity in the US, UK, Australia and Japan. This book takes an approach to national identity by analyzing a range of ephemeral and pop cultural texts, from Olympic opening ceremonies, to television advertisements, letters to the editor, broadsheet war coverage, travel brochures, and museums.

Spis treści

1. Nations of Flesh and Blood: Gender and Race in the National Imaginary  Part I  2. Discourses of National Identity in Australia  3. Discourses of National Identity in Japan  4. Discourses of National Identity in Britain  5. Discourses of National Identity in the United States  Part II  6. Staging the Nation: Gender, Race and Nation in Olympic Opening Ceremonies  7. Selling the Nation: Gender, Race and National Identity in Television Advertisements  8. Defining the Nation through its Other: Islamophobia in Post-9/11 Letters to the Editor  9. Defending the Nation: Gender, Race and National Identity in Press Coverage of Private Jessica Lynch  10. Touring the Nation: Gender, Race and Nation in Travel Brochures  11. Remembering the Nation: Gendered and Racialized National Identity in National Museums and Living History Venues.

O autorze

Jackie Hogan is Lecturer in Sociology at Bradley University, USA.