| Description |
xii, 252 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge cultural social studies |
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Cambridge cultural social studies.
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| Contents |
1. Comparing national identities -- 2. "Every one admits that commemorations have their uses": producing national identities in celebration -- 3. "Our country by the world received": centennial celebrations in 1876 and 1888 -- 4. "To remind ourselves that we are a united nation": bicentennial celebrations in 1976 and 1988 -- 5. Making nations meaningful in the United States and Australia |
| Summary |
What do people think when they imagine themselves as part of a nation? Nation and commemoration answers this question in an exploration of the creation and recreation of national identities through commemorative activities. Extending recent work in cultural sociology and history, Lyn Spillman compares centennial and bicentennial celebrations in the United States and Australia to show how national identities can emerge from processes of "cultural production." She systematically analyzes the symbols and meanings of national identity in these two "new nations," identifying changes and continuities, similarities and differences in how visions of history, place in the world, politics, land, and diversity have been used to express nationhood. The result is a deeper understanding, not only of American and Australian national identities, but also of the global process of nation-formation |
| Analysis |
Australia overseas comparisons |
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Australian Bicentenary |
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Cultural identity |
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Festivals |
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National identity |
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Nationalism |
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United States |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-244) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976.
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Australian Bicentenary, 1988.
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Nationalism -- History -- Case studies.
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Nationalism -- Australia -- History.
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Nationalism -- United States -- History -- Case studies.
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Nationalism -- History.
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Nationalism -- United States -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004237
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United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139924
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Case studies.
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| LC no. |
96003024 |
| ISBN |
0521574048 |
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0521574323 |
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