National Days/National Ways: Historical, Political, and Religious Celebrations around the World

by Linda K. Fuller

Overview

From 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, Turkey, the Ukraine, and the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275972707
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/30/2004
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

LINDA K. FULLER, Ph.D., is Professor of Communications at Worcester State College. She is the author/(co-) editor of more than 20 books, including The Cosby Show (1992), Community TV in the U.S. (1994), and Dictionary of Quotations in Communications (1997). Awarded Fulbright scholarships to teach in Singapore in 1996 and do AIDS research Senegal in 2002, she has also been a Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Linda K. Fuller
Countries
Argentina: Argentine National Ways in Politics: Elites and Caudillism by Susan N. Vittadini
Australia: The Bicentenary of Australia: Celebration of a Nation by Leanne White
Canada: Canadian Days: Non-Canandian Ways by Derek Foster
China: From National Day to National Way: The Story of October 1 by Chen Yanru
National Image on Nation Day: The 50th National Day of the Peoples' Republic of China by Xu Xiaoge
Ehtiopia: Holiday Celebrations Among the Highlanders of Ehtiopia by Tsegay Wolde-Georgis
Ghana: Globalization and Broadcasting the Ghanian National Day by Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh
Japan: Japan's National Foundation Day: Lack of Consensus Leads to Lack of Celebration by Stephen M. Ryan
Kuwait: Kuwait: Four Decades of Transformed Celebrations by Nibal Bourisly and Maher Al-hajji
New Zealand: Waitangi Day: New Zealnd's National Day by Parehau Richards and Chris Ryan
Nigeria: Nationalism, Mass Media, and the Crisis of National Identity in Nigeria by Mohammed Musa and Ayo Oyeleye
Norway: Norway's 17th of May: A Historical Date and a Day of National Celebrations by Knut Mykland
Romania: The Romanian Way: From Nationalism to Privatism by Sorin Matei
Singapore: REading Singapore's National Day: A Case Study in the Rhetoric of Nationalism by Linda K. Fuller
South Africa: (Re)building a Nation: South Africa's Heritage Day as a Site of Renaming, Reimaging, and Remembering by Scott M. Schonfeldt-Aultman and Gust A. Yep
Spain: National Days Throughout the History and Geography of Spain by Ignacio Molina Alvares de Cienfuegos and Jorge Martinez Barcena
Turkey: Nation and Celebration: The Iconology of the Turkish Republic by Halil Nalcaoglu
Ukraine: In Search of National Holidays
Ukraine's Case by Natalia Kostenko, Tatyana Androsenko and Ludmila Males
United States: Martin Luther King Day: A Day in Rememberance of the American Architect of the Beloved Community by Texeira Nash and Irelene Ricks
Appendix A: National Holiday Celebrations
Appendix B: International Calendar of Celebrations
Bibliography
Index