Nation Memory Myth: Gallipoli and the Australian Imaginary by Steve Vizard

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent.

In Nation, Memory, Myth, Steve Vizard brings an original perspective to the foundational myth of Gallipoli as a sacred bearer of Australian national values and identity.

In this scrupulously researched close reading of the Gallipoli mythology, Vizard dissects the elements common to all national myths that transform them into compelling symbolic performances of cultural memory and kinship, unpicking the tensions and ambiguities they embody.

Nation, Memory, Myth offers the reader a challenging new look at the extraordinary vitality of myth as a unifying force that generates meaning for a nation and its citizens. Only by understanding the myth's evolution over time and by disentangling it from history, memory, and forgetting can we begin to sense what an Australia in the twenty-first century may mean.

How myth creates meaning for a nation, through a close reading of Gallipoli and Australian Identity.