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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Curtin University
2015
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| author | Dougal, Josephine Kathleen |
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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 |
| spellingShingle | Dougal, Josephine Kathleen 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 |