Gender, Race and National Identity: Nations of Flesh and Blood (Routledge Research in Gender and Society) - Hardcover

Hogan, Jackie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415384761 ISBN 13: 9780415384766

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Jackie Hogan is Lecturer in Sociology at Bradley University, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0415384761
• ISBN 13: 9780415384766
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270