Postcolonial displacements, popular music and the sacred
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2178383 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lyn Mccredden (0000-0003-3956-0964) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 216-231 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449850701430648 |
| OpenAlex | W2033218007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This essay, through a theorized analysis of Australian popular song lyrics, investigates a range of understandings of “home”, including the exclusions and sacred connotations that inform the term. Against accusations of mere sentimentality or nostalgia regarding a desire for “home” as familiar and comforting and in response to Levinas’s related arguments that a desire for home is at the root of splitting “humanity into natives and strangers”, it argues that it is necessary for postcolonial Australia to embrace “homelessness” at the heart of any understanding of “home
Aesthetics · Art · Humanity · Literature · Lyrics · Political science · Popular music · Sentimentality · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |