Anthem Quality
National Songs: A Theoretical Survey
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
144 pages
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7 x 9
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© 2014
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
The Loyal Toast – A Personal Introduction
1 Identification of the National Subject
The idea of the anthem in the world today
2 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
Bibliography
Index
The Loyal Toast – A Personal Introduction
1 Identification of the National Subject
The idea of the anthem in the world today
2 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
Bibliography
Index
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