Making New Zealanders through commemoration: Assembling Anzac Day in Auckland, 1916–1939 |
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| Authors: | Matthew Henry |
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| Institution: | Geography Programme, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: Anzac Day in New Zealand has been traditionally framed within a nationalist discourse, in which the events of the day have provided the medium for the remembrance of a singular national event. Moving beyond this interpretative tradition the paper examines Anzac Day as a moment in the exercise of an ongoing governmental power concerned with issues of contemporary conduct. Focusing on interwar Auckland the paper traces the assemblage of time, space and rhetoric, which enabled the production of a commemorative, governmental landscape. |
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| Keywords: | Anzac Day Auckland commemoration governmentality New Zealand |
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