Description |
xiii, 297 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm |
Series |
ACSACS series ; 2 |
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ACSACS series ; 2
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Contents |
ANZAC DAY: CONTROVERSY AND CRITICISM / Tom Frame -- PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS: 1 Reflecting on a retrospective / Ken Inglis -- 2 Anzac: Celebration or commemoration? / Gareth Knapman -- 3 The nation's secular requiem / John A Moses -- PART TWO: FEATURES: 4 Naming the day: ANZAC or Anzac? / Robert Nichols and Peter Stanley -- 5 Anzac Day's religious custodians / Michael Gladwin -- 6 Anzac Day and national identity / John Connor -- PART THREE: FRACTURES: 7 Owning Anzac Day: The One Day of the Year / Heather Neilson -- 8 'They've got a right to their feelings': The One Day of the Year reconsidered / Christina Spittel -- 9 The fall and rise of Anzac Day? 1965-1990 /56 / Jeffrey Grey -- PART FOUR: FERVOUR: 10 Best we forget? Poetry and civic performance / Jeff Doyle -- 11 Anzac hymns: Ancient and modern? / Tom Frame -- 12 'Commemorators-in-chief' / Carolyn Holbrook - POSTSCRIPT: 13 Remembering the fallen or reflecting on fallen-ness? / Tom Frame -- APPENDIX 1: Poems -- APPENDIX 2: Hymns |
Summary |
Peter Stanley, Jeffrey Grey, Carolyn Holbrook, Ken Inglis, Tom Frame and others explore the rise of Australia's unofficial national day. Does Anzac Day honour those who died pursuing noble causes in war? Or is it part of a campaign to redeem the savagery associated with armed conflict? Do the rituals of 25 April console loved ones? Or reinforce security objectives and strategic priorities? Contributors explore the early debate between grieving families and veterans about whether Anzac Day should be commemorated or celebrated, the resurgence in support in recent decades, popular culture's reflection on the day and the increasing profile of political leaders in public commemorations |
Analysis |
Australian |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 277-297) |
Notes |
Also issued online |
Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Influence.
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Anzac Day -- History.
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Memorialization -- Australia.
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Nationalism and collective memory -- Australia.
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SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Author |
Frame, T. R. (Thomas R.), 1962- editor
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LC no. |
2015463550 |
ISBN |
9781742234816 : |
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