Public culture and the making of national memory: Robert Burns in contemporary Scotland

This thesis is concerned with the relationship between public culture, cultural memory and national identity. Its purpose is to develop a critical account of the ways in which contemporary culture acts as a site for cultural memory and participates in the construction and representation of cultural...

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Main Author: Dougal, Josephine Kathleen
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/266
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description This thesis is concerned with the relationship between public culture, cultural memory and national identity. Its purpose is to develop a critical account of the ways in which contemporary culture acts as a site for cultural memory and participates in the construction and representation of cultural identity, specifically Scottish identity. The topic is addressed through a detailed investigation of twenty first century representations of the eighteenth century Scottish poet and song writer, Robert Burns.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-2662019-10-15T06:04:00Z Public culture and the making of national memory: Robert Burns in contemporary Scotland Dougal, Josephine Kathleen This thesis is concerned with the relationship between public culture, cultural memory and national identity. Its purpose is to develop a critical account of the ways in which contemporary culture acts as a site for cultural memory and participates in the construction and representation of cultural identity, specifically Scottish identity. The topic is addressed through a detailed investigation of twenty first century representations of the eighteenth century Scottish poet and song writer, Robert Burns. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/266 en Curtin University fulltext
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Public culture and the making of national memory: Robert Burns in contemporary Scotland
title Public culture and the making of national memory: Robert Burns in contemporary Scotland
title_full Public culture and the making of national memory: Robert Burns in contemporary Scotland
title_fullStr Public culture and the making of national memory: Robert Burns in contemporary Scotland
title_full_unstemmed Public culture and the making of national memory: Robert Burns in contemporary Scotland
title_short Public culture and the making of national memory: Robert Burns in contemporary Scotland
title_sort public culture and the making of national memory: robert burns in contemporary scotland
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/266