Tracking the Jack: A Retracing of the Antipodes - Couverture souple

Brabazon, Tara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0868406996 ISBN 13 : 9780868406992

Editeur : UNSW Press, 2000

Synopsis

This work assesses the social, economic, political and cultural relationship between Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The book traces the movements of the "Jack" - the Union Jack, which represents the symbolic tie between "home" and the outer reaches of the empire - from flags to Doc Martens and fashion to food packaging. While much rhetoric emerges of Australia's place in Asia and New Zealand's role in the Pacific, this book investigates the far more complex histories that encircle the region. It is not only, or even primarily, an investigation of social systems or policy concerns. Instead, it offers a coherent cultural studies and cultural history text.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Tara Brabazon has observed the differences in Australian and New Zealand culture at first hand, having taught in Australian universities as well as at the Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. She is currently Chair of Media, Communication and Culture at Murdoch University in Western Australia and has been a senior lecturer there since 1997. She is renowned as an innovative teacher and thinker and in 1998 was awarded the National Teaching Award for the Humanities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: UNSW Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0868406996
• ISBN 13: 9780868406992
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible