Gender, Race and National Identity

Nations of Flesh and Blood

Bibliographic Data

ID19892816
AuthorsJackie Hogan (corresponding author)
Year2008
Publication date2008-08-18
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueGender, Race and National Identity (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203891247
OpenAlexW4206219360
Open LibraryOL38766323M
ISBN9780203891247
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited86

All nations construct stories of national belonging, stories of the nation’s character, its accomplishments, its defining traits, its historical trajectory. These stories, or discourses of national identity, carry powerful messages about gender and race, messages that reflect, reproduce and occasionally challenge social hierarchies. Gender, Race and National Identity examines links between gender, race and national identity in the US, UK, Australia and Japan. The book takes an innovative approach to national identity by analyzing a range of ephemeral and pop cultural texts, from Olympic opening ceremonies, to television advertisements, letters to the editor, broadsheet war coverage, travel brochures, museums and living history tourist venues. Its rich empirical detail and systematic cross-national comparisons allow for a fuller theorization of national identity

Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music) · National identity · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Sociology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Australian History and Society · Gender Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Ethnicity · Gender identity · Nationalism · Race · Racism