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Consuming ANZAC: The History of Australia's Most Powerful Brand
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Consuming ANZAC: The History of Australia's Most Powerful Brand
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jo Hawkins
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:183 | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 159 |
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Category/Genre | Australia, New Zealand & Pacific history Military history |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781760800000
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Classifications | Dewey:355.160994 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
UWA Publishing
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Imprint |
UWA Publishing
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Publication Date |
1 November 2018 |
Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
In the years after the Great War, Australian memorials were often engraved with a simple request, 'Let silent contemplation be your offering'. Today, remembrance is fuelled by a booming Anzac industry. Luxury cruises to far-flung battlegrounds, commemorative sporting contests, blockbuster books, newspaper liftouts, souvenirs, mass-produced Anzac biscuits, and VC winners spruiking beer brands. Australians have been consuming Anzac for a century. While commemoration and commerce have never been entirely separate they have become increasingly intertwined. How does the Anzac Industry shape the way we remember war? And why do marketers seek to align their brands with a failed military campaign? Consuming Anzac reveals how consumer culture has proved central to the contemporary resurgence and proliferation of the Anzac tradition. In probing the ways in which war memory has been produced, marketed and sold since 1915, it offers new insights into the dynamic commercial world and mutually beneficial relationships that underpin the commemoration of war in the twenty-first century.
Author Biography
After spending a decade working in advertising and marketing at companies, including Sony Music, Dr. Jo Hawkins enrolled in a PhD in History at the University of Western Australia. She is currently the Manager of the UWA Innovation Quarter.
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