The place of Anzac in Australian historical consciousness

Clark, A

The place of Anzac in Australian historical consciousness

Clark, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Historical Studies, 2017, 48 (1), pp. 19 - 34
Issue Date:: 2017-01-02

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Clark, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1003-9673	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:08:57Z
dc.date.issued	2017-01-02	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Historical Studies, 2017, 48 (1), pp. 19 - 34	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1031-461X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/88058
dc.description.abstract	© 2017, Routledge. All Rights Reserved. There is an ever-greater popular attachment to the commemoration of Anzac Day in Australia, with growing commercial, popular and institutional support around the country. This resurgence has also generated significant disagreement among historians, shaping the historiography of Anzac in recent years and raising important questions about Australia’s current obsession with Anzac: is it a reflection of increasing popular historical engagement, or an ideologically driven ‘mobilisation’ of the past? While various scholars have sought to unpack and understand this potent phenomenon of national sentiment, this article, based on a series of oral interviews with ordinary Australians in selected communities, reveals an uncertainty and complexity in many vernacular responses to Anzac that need to be included if that commemorative sentiment is to be properly understood.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100081
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Historical Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/1031461X.2016.1250790	en_US
dc.subject.classification	History	en_US
dc.title	The place of Anzac in Australian historical consciousness	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	48	en_US
utslib.for	2103 Historical Studies	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CPCE - Centre for Creative Practices and the Cultural Economy
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pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	48	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017, Routledge. All Rights Reserved. There is an ever-greater popular attachment to the commemoration of Anzac Day in Australia, with growing commercial, popular and institutional support around the country. This resurgence has also generated significant disagreement among historians, shaping the historiography of Anzac in recent years and raising important questions about Australia’s current obsession with Anzac: is it a reflection of increasing popular historical engagement, or an ideologically driven ‘mobilisation’ of the past? While various scholars have sought to unpack and understand this potent phenomenon of national sentiment, this article, based on a series of oral interviews with ordinary Australians in selected communities, reveals an uncertainty and complexity in many vernacular responses to Anzac that need to be included if that commemorative sentiment is to be properly understood.

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