Natural disasters and national identity : time, space and mythology / Brad West and Philip Smith.

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TextPublication details: [Melbourne : Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand], 1997Description: [11] leaves : ill., mapsSubject(s):

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363.340994 21

Subject: This article has examined discourses surrounding Australian natural disasters othen than drought: floods, earthquakes, cyclones and bushfires. The paper identifies three variables that constrain the risk and ritual orientations of natural disaster discourses - time, space and mythology. These variables explain why drought has a unique place among Australian natural disasters as the generator of a national solidaristic narrative

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	P363.340994 NAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011222031

From: Australian and New Zealand journal of socology, vol. 33, no. 2, August, 1997, pp. 205-215

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This article has examined discourses surrounding Australian natural disasters othen than drought: floods, earthquakes, cyclones and bushfires. The paper identifies three variables that constrain the risk and ritual orientations of natural disaster discourses - time, space and mythology. These variables explain why drought has a unique place among Australian natural disasters as the generator of a national solidaristic narrative

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