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Published 01-01-2016
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Pages 280
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Australia and the Great War

Identity, Memory and Mythology

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Published 01-01-2016
ISBN 9780522867886
Pages 280
Subjects History
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The events of the Great War intensified the relationship between the British Empire and Australia; the legacy can still be felt today.

Australia and the Great War explores both the immediate and long-term consequences of the war on this complex relationship, looking in particular at identity, history, gender, propaganda, economics and nationalism.

This multidisciplinary collection of essays unveils the creation and subsequent [mis]use of histories and mythologies while considering the necessity and nature of both remembering, and forgetting, war.

About The Editor

Michael JK Walsh is Associate Professor of Art History and Associate Chair (Research) in the School of Art, Design and Media, at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research interests focus on the relationship between Modernism and the Great War, and this has resulted in several books, including This Cult of Violence (Yale University Press,…