LEADER 04111oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910820636003321 005 20230608232131.0 010 $a979-84-00-68945-1 010 $a1-282-33973-7 010 $a9786612339738 010 $a0-313-08540-4 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400689451 035 $a(CKB)1000000000821299 035 $a(EBL)491848 035 $a(OCoLC)547274920 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000340748 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11277579 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340748 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10388381 035 $a(PQKB)10629585 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL491848 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10353848 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL233973 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC491848 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400689451BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000821299 100 $a20240214e20042024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aNational days/national ways $ehistorical, political, and religious celebrations around the world /$feditor, Linda K. Fuller 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger Publishers,$d2004. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing (UK),$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 350 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-275-97270-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Day 327 $aJapan: Japan's National Foundation Day: Lack of Consensus Leads to Lack of Celebration; Kuwait: 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 Nationalism 327 $aSouth Africa: (Re)Building a Nation: South Africa's Heritage Day as a Site of Renaming, Reimaging, and Remembering; Spain: 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 Contributors 330 $aFrom 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, 606 $aAnniversaries 606 $aHolidays 606 $aSpecial days 615 0$aAnniversaries. 615 0$aHolidays. 615 0$aSpecial days. 676 $a394.26 701 $aFuller$b Linda K$0918831 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820636003321 996 $aNational days$94103062 997 $aUNINA