Anarchism,the Chomsky Effect and the Descent from the Ivory Tower1 |
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Authors: | Robert F Barsky |
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Institution: | 1. robert.barsky@vanderbilt.edu |
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Abstract: | This paper examines how the Sydney Olympics Games’ opening ceremony presented images of a linear, multicultural, and chronological narrative of Australian history. However, the ceremony's attempts to manage difference produced multiple narratives of the Australian nation. Textual analysis of the Australian Channel 7 broadcast and newspaper coverage of the Olympics show how the ceremony's narrative of a united Australian nation responds to the increasing disintegration of nation-states’ boundaries in the context of globalization. |
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Keywords: | Australia Olympics Multiculturalism Nationalism Globalization |
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