Images of Australia: An Introductory Reader in Australian StudiesGillian Whitlock, David Carter This introductory text for students and general readers is designed for use with the new ABC TV Open Learning program. Through a collection of 14 readings by writers and academics such as Graeme Davison and Gail Reekie it explores questions of Australian culture and identity. |
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... Imagined Communities ( 1983 ) . A nation , suggests Anderson , can be thought of as an " imagined community " , with limited boundaries , a sovereign state which is the nation's emblem , and a sense of fraternity . The turning point of ...
... Imagined Communities ( 1983 ) . A nation , suggests Anderson , can be thought of as an " imagined community " , with limited boundaries , a sovereign state which is the nation's emblem , and a sense of fraternity . The turning point of ...
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... imagined community may therefore not be as cohesive as Anderson implies . As shown below , there have always been groups contending to represent Australia's nationhood . Equally , we should not forget that we belong to communities that ...
... imagined community may therefore not be as cohesive as Anderson implies . As shown below , there have always been groups contending to represent Australia's nationhood . Equally , we should not forget that we belong to communities that ...
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... ( imagined community ) characterised by unity , consensus , solidarity and fra- ternity : " the nation is always conceived as a deep horizontal comradeship " .8 Certainly the radical nationalists locate those characteristics in the past ...
... ( imagined community ) characterised by unity , consensus , solidarity and fra- ternity : " the nation is always conceived as a deep horizontal comradeship " .8 Certainly the radical nationalists locate those characteristics in the past ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part Two White Australia Has a Black History | 59 |
Part Three A Multicultural Nation? | 101 |
Copyright | |
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Alter/Asians: Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media, and Popular Culture Ien Ang No preview available - 2000 |