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The Aussie 1918-1931: cartoons, digger remembrance and First World War identity
Feelings of community, cultural definition and memory were kept alive through the soldiers’ mass circulation tabloid, the Aussie, examined here in the light of theorisation of memory and representation, applied to both text and cartoons. The publication's aim for veterans’ values to become shared national values is analysed in the light of its high-profile usage of soft cartoon humour and also of nostalgia—highlighting the limitations as well as the effectiveness in terms of Australia's evolving national identity. When the post-war economic situation worsened, deeper issues of national tension were glossed over by the use of scapegoats such as “profiteers” and “lazy workers”. The armed forces were obliged to take on a political role of lobbying for their cause, but the Aussie as “cheerful friend” experienced its own identity crisis that proved to be terminal.
History
School affiliated with
- Lincoln School of Film Media and Journalism (Research Outputs)
Publication Title
Writing the First World War after 1918Publisher
RoutledgeExternal DOI
eISSN
1461-670XISBN
0Date Submitted
2018-01-25Date Accepted
2018-06-30Date of First Publication
2018-06-30Date of Final Publication
2018-06-30Date Document First Uploaded
2018-01-25ePrints ID
30862Usage metrics
Categories
- P132 - Archive studies
- P305 - Paper-based media studies
- P390 - Media studies not elsewhere classified
- P490 - Publishing not elsewhere classified
- P500 - Journalism
- P590 - Journalism not elsewhere classified
- P990 - Mass communications & documentation not elsewhere classified
- T800 - Australasian studies
- T820 - Australasian literature studies
- T830 - Australasian society & culture studies
- T890 - Australasian studies not elsewhere classified
- V145 - Modern history 1900-1919
- V146 - Modern history 1920-1949