03964nam 22006254a 450 991045490260332120200520144314.01-282-33973-797866123397380-313-08540-4(CKB)1000000000821299(EBL)491848(OCoLC)547274920(SSID)ssj0000340748(PQKBManifestationID)11277579(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340748(PQKBWorkID)10388381(PQKB)10629585(MiAaPQ)EBC491848(Au-PeEL)EBL491848(CaPaEBR)ebr10353848(CaONFJC)MIL233973(EXLCZ)99100000000082129920040519d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNational days/national ways[electronic resource] historical, political, and religious celebrations around the world /edited by Linda K. FullerWestport, Conn. Praeger Publishers20041 online resource (361 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-97270-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Argentina: Argentine National Ways in Politics: Elites and Caudillism; Australia: The Bicentenary of Australia: Celebration of a Nation; Canada: Canadian Days: Non-Canadian Ways; China: From National Day to National Way: The Story of October 1; China: National Image on National Day and Patriotic Education in China: The 50th National Day of the People's Republic of China; Ethiopia: Holiday Celebrations among the Highlanders of Ethiopia; Ghana: Globalization and Broadcasting the Ghanian National DayJapan: Japan's National Foundation Day: Lack of Consensus Leads to Lack of CelebrationKuwait: Kuwait's National Day: Four Decades of Transformed Celebrations; New Zealand: Waitangi Day: New Zealand's National Day; Nigeria: Nationalism, Mass Media, and the Crisis of National Identity in Nigeria; Norway: Norway's 17th of May: A Historical Date and a Day of National Celebrations; Romania: The Romanian Way: From Nationalism to Privatism; Singapore: Reading Singapore's National Day: A Case Study in the Rhetoric of NationalismSouth Africa: (Re)Building a Nation: South Africa's Heritage Day as a Site of Renaming, Reimaging, and RememberingSpain: National Days throughout the History and the Geography of Spain; Turkey: Nation and Celebration: An Iconology of the Republic of Turkey; Ukraine: In Search of Holidays: The Case of Ukraine; United States: Martin Luther King Day: A Celebration of the American Architect of the Beloved Community; Appendix A: National Holiday Celebrations; Appendix B: International Calendar of Celebrations; Index; About the ContributorsFrom Martin Luther King Day to Waitangi Day, this collection surveys the gamut of national holidays. The celebrations analyzed include anniversaries of independence, religious observances, and government holidays. The analysis of each national day revolves around the role that communications play in uniting a country's citizenry.||Entries cover individual countries but intertwine to provide a holistic view of the topic of national days. Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Japan, Kuwait, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, HolidaysSpecial daysAnniversariesElectronic books.Holidays.Special days.Anniversaries.394.26Fuller Linda K918831MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454902603321National days2192004UNINA