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Focusing on the Gallipoli campaign, this book highlights its overlooked significance in British cultural history and its impact on Australian national identity, particularly through Anzac Day commemorations. It engages with debates around cultural rupture during WWI, challenging the notion that romantic expressions lost their relevance. By examining how historians and filmmakers have reshaped perceptions of Gallipoli, it underscores the campaign's role in nation-building and military identity. This essential volume appeals to academics, students, and general readers interested in military history and postcolonial studies.
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Reconsidering Gallipoli, Jenny Macleod
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Reconsidering Gallipoli
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jenny Macleod
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 274
- ISBN13
- 9780719067433
- Category
- History, World history
- Description
- Focusing on the Gallipoli campaign, this book highlights its overlooked significance in British cultural history and its impact on Australian national identity, particularly through Anzac Day commemorations. It engages with debates around cultural rupture during WWI, challenging the notion that romantic expressions lost their relevance. By examining how historians and filmmakers have reshaped perceptions of Gallipoli, it underscores the campaign's role in nation-building and military identity. This essential volume appeals to academics, students, and general readers interested in military history and postcolonial studies.