‘You Are Germany’– ‘I Am Australian’: The construction of national unity through diversity in select examples from Australia and Germany

This article explores the construction of national unity through diversity by analysing two case studies from Germany and Australia: the television campaign ‘You Are Germany’ and the song ‘I Am Australian’. It places both examples in a broader context of forging national unity through diversity and argues that diversity has occasionally been hijacked as a nationalist argument to advance national identity and unity. This study explores the different aspects of diversity appearing in both cases under study, identifies those parts of diversity being excluded and asks how national unity is being forged through recourse to diversity.     

特殊的视角 深刻的批判——从讽刺艺术角度解析《我是猫》

夏目漱石的代表作《我是猫》是日本文学史上的讽刺佳作，作者灵活运用夸张、反语、主观评论与客观叙述相结合等手法，对明治三十年代日本社会及部分小资产阶级知识分子作了入木三分的讽刺，形成了以“滑稽尖锐”为特征的讽刺风格。这种讽刺风格的形成与日本传统讽刺文学注重“游戏与笑”的精神是一脉相承的。     

永志不忘的心曲——评罗塞蒂的《歌：在我死后》兼及其它

英国诗人克里斯蒂娜.乔治娜.罗塞蒂的抒情诗《歌:在我死后》是一首在中国流行甚广的抒情诗。诗以引人共鸣的临终告别为题材,表现了一种梦境般凄美而又超脱的意境。     

美国奇卡诺族裔身份与文化保留战的象征——贡萨雷斯的史诗《我是华金》评析

《我是华金》系美国奇卡诺族裔诗人鲁道尔夫·贡萨雷斯创作的经典史诗。诗歌叙述了各少数族裔在奇卡诺族形成中经历的血腥斗争及其在白人主流社会里的尴尬处境,以及奇卡诺人为保存自己独特的文化、争取与白人同等的权利所进行的长期不懈的抗争。诗歌的主人公“华金”是不断激励自我,寻求自我,进行不屈不挠的奇卡诺人的代表,是奇卡诺人民族身份的象征。     

On my own terms

Abstract

Carol Conaway prepared this excerpt from her political memoir-in-progress. She examines her experiences as an African American lesbian living her dream of becoming a Jew. The work focuses on how she navigated her initial naïveté about the prejudices she encountered in response to her combination of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and mental illness. Conaway’s work to co-found a community of lesbian and gay Jews in Boston marked a defining moment in her history.