| Reference Type |
book
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| Title |
Being All Equal; Identity, Difference and Australian Cultural Practice |
| Author(s) | Judith Kapferer |
| Publication Date |
00-00-1996 |
| Comments |
This book does not use films as specific texts to base its arguments around. It is however, relevant to the idea of cinema being a medium which we use to help define our own sense of national identity. |
| Synopsis |
Australian sociologist Judith Kapferer writes on the question of whether there is such a thing as an Australian national identity. She traces the ways in which the Australian state and its people struggle to represent the social and cultural practices of everyday life in an attempt to draw meanings from diverse understandings of pasts, presents and futures. Class, gender and ethnicity are shown to underpin this popular debate, fuelled by shifting interpretations of egalitarianism and individualism. The book investigates how a nation's identity is created through its folk heroes and folk festivals, civic and domestic architecture, education, politics and art. |
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