Making It National - Nationalism and Australian Popular Culture

List of contents

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction: making it national

2 Bond-ing: business, boast and the national character

3 A taste of the colonial birch: the British connection

4 Picnic at Ayers Rock: the Bicentenary

5 Looking to America: the Crocodile Dundee factor

6 Redefining the nation: from purity to hybridity

7 The media, the nation... and conclusion

Notes

References

Index

About the author

Graeme Turner is Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of English at the University of Queensland. He is author and editor of numerous titles including National Fictions, Media in Australia, Australian Television and Myths of Oz.

Summary

Making it National shows how popular images of national identity are used to serve specific rather than national interests.

Product details

• Authors: Graeme Turner, Graeme (University of Queensland Turner, Turner Graeme
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367718657
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71865-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy