Description: This book explores the attitudes and values of Australians, analysing how Australian national values are promoted and reflected by heroic figures (both living and dead) who are identified as important and influential. Who are the 'heroes, saints and sages' that exemplify the Australian national character? Who do Australians, as citizens of a settler society, nominate as their contemporary heroes? What is the role of colonial and post-colonial figures regarding contemporary Australian identity? This book reassesses the influence of convicts, bushrangers, Ned Kelly, the ANZACS, sporting heroes, and the nation's most 'important people' in terms of national identity. Sporting 'heroes' such as Don Bradman, and historical figures like Ned Kelly might be expected to feature prominently but the authors identify other nationally important Australians, and gauge how well they symbolize Australian national identity. While collective 'heroes' such as the Anzacs are acclaimed in popular conceptions of national identity, Australians also identify with particular 'heroic' individuals who personify practical aspects of the national character and 'mythscape', including well known federal politicians, surgeons and scientists.
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EAN: 9781787565067
UPC: 9781787565067
ISBN: 9781787565067
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Book Title: Exploring Australian National Identity: Heroes, Me
Item Height: 1.5 cm
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Exploring Australian National Identity : Heroes, Memory and Politics
Publisher: Emerald Publishing The Limited
Subject: Ethnic Studies / General, Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Personality, Social Psychology
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 7.1 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, Psychology
Author: Jed Donoghue, Bruce Tranter
Item Length: 7.8 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Series: Emerald Points Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
