Description
| Product ID: | 9780415897983 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Gender and Society |
| Title: | Gender, Race and National Identity |
| Subtitle: | Nations of Flesh and Blood |
| Authors: | Author: Jackie Hogan |
| Page Count: | 254 |
| Subjects: | Ethnic studies, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Sociology |
| Description: | This book examines links between gender, race and national identity by analyzing a range of mass-mediated and pop-cultural ‘texts’ in four nations: Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and the USA. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-07-29 |
