Anthem quality national songs - a theoretical survey
1: Identification of the National Subject: The idea of the anthem in the world today2: The Official Poem of the People: Anthems, their contexts and their common characteristics -- 3: The Classification of Anthems: Genre and speech act -- 4: Anthem Quality: Its Paradoxes and Parodies: The uniformity...
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Intellect
2014
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 1: Identification of the National Subject: The idea of the anthem in the world today2: The Official Poem of the People: Anthems, their contexts and their common characteristics -- 3: The Classification of Anthems: Genre and speech act -- 4: Anthem Quality: Its Paradoxes and Parodies: The uniformity of differences and the automatisation of strong affect -- 5: Choosing and Chosen: The overt and covert us and them of national devotions -- 6: Anthems for a Better World: cosmopolitan and postcolonial hymns. -- Conclusion: The Soul and Its Un/Official Stirrings Anthem Quality is a book about the lyrics of national anthems. In this theoretical survey, Christopher Kelen deals with the general meaning of an inter-national social phenomenon - the words we sing together with our compatriots when we assert ourselves to be national subjects. Like all social phenomena, the singing of an anthem is an event with a context. The persistence of an anthem, the changing of an anthem, the meaning of an anthem - these things have a subjective basis disclosed through contextual reading. In these pages, Kelen historicizes for us some of the world's best-known national anthems, including 'The Marseillaise', 'The Star Spangled Banner', and 'God Save the Queen' and considers how these and lesser known anthems deal with such life-and-death topics as authority, religion, love and devotion. The tear on the cheek, the chill down the spine, genuine willingness to sacrifice - however manipulable national feeling may be, there is no doubting the reality of the affect nations inspire. If anthems are anaesthetic, they are paradoxically stirring; if anthems are the muzak of nation, they are a participatory muzak. This book investigates an icon the devout typically refuse to admit that they are worshipping |
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| Beschreibung: | 204 S. |
| ISBN: | 9781841507378 978-1-84150-737-8 |