Going for a Song: The Cultural Politics of "Waltzing Matilda"
An examination of the copyright history of Australia’s unofficial national anthem, ‘Waltzing Matilda', provides an insight into the political, economic and cultural relations between Britain, the United States of America and Australia. In particular, the extent to which Australia’s cultural ind...
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| description | An examination of the copyright history of Australia’s unofficial national anthem, ‘Waltzing Matilda', provides an insight into the political, economic and cultural relations between Britain, the United States of America and Australia. In particular, the extent to which Australia’s cultural industries are a surrogate or proxy for the larger interests of global powers is demonstrated. It is argued that this surrogacy has, and continues to have, a potentially constricting effect on the circulation of matters of cultural concern through the Australian national community. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-284052017-01-30T13:04:51Z Going for a Song: The Cultural Politics of "Waltzing Matilda" Seal, Graham Waltzing Matilda Surrogacy Book publishing History Copyright Thomas Wood Intellectual property Cultural Industries An examination of the copyright history of Australia’s unofficial national anthem, ‘Waltzing Matilda', provides an insight into the political, economic and cultural relations between Britain, the United States of America and Australia. In particular, the extent to which Australia’s cultural industries are a surrogate or proxy for the larger interests of global powers is demonstrated. It is argued that this surrogacy has, and continues to have, a potentially constricting effect on the circulation of matters of cultural concern through the Australian national community. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28405 http://ijb.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.27/prod.505 common Ground fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Waltzing Matilda Surrogacy Book publishing History Copyright Thomas Wood Intellectual property Cultural Industries Seal, Graham Going for a Song: The Cultural Politics of "Waltzing Matilda" |
| title | Going for a Song: The Cultural Politics of "Waltzing Matilda" |
| title_full | Going for a Song: The Cultural Politics of "Waltzing Matilda" |
| title_fullStr | Going for a Song: The Cultural Politics of "Waltzing Matilda" |
| title_full_unstemmed | Going for a Song: The Cultural Politics of "Waltzing Matilda" |
| title_short | Going for a Song: The Cultural Politics of "Waltzing Matilda" |
| title_sort | going for a song: the cultural politics of "waltzing matilda" |
| topic | Waltzing Matilda Surrogacy Book publishing History Copyright Thomas Wood Intellectual property Cultural Industries |
| url | http://ijb.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.27/prod.505 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28405 |