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Expressions of War in Australia and the Pacific

Language, Trauma, Memory, and Official Discourse

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Overview

  • Directly contributes to the project of understanding language in the context of war and conflict
  • Makes use of a variety of fascinating resources such as collections of war photography, records of women’s radio broadcasts, soldiers’ letters, oral interviews, and casualty notifications
  • Shifts and broadens the geographical focus of the existing scholarship in language and war
  • Draws on innovative methods from a variety of disciplines

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War (PASLW)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

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About this book

This edited book includes chapters that explore the impact of war and its aftermath in language and official discourse. It covers a broad chronological range from the First World War to very recent experiences of war, with a focus on Australia and the Pacific region. It examines three main themes in relation to language: the impact of war and trauma on language, the language of war remembrance, and the language of official communications of war and the military. An innovative work that takes an interdisciplinary approach to the themes of war and language, the collection will be of interest to students and scholars across linguistics, literary studies, history and conflict studies.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Australian National Dictionary Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Amanda Laugesen

  • School of History, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Catherine Fisher

About the editors

Amanda Laugesen is Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University. She is the author of a number of books, including Furphies and Whizz-bangs: Anzac Slang from the Great War (2015) and Taking Books to the World: American Publishers and the Cultural Cold War (2017).

Catherine Fisher is a Visiting Fellow in the School of History at the Australian National University. Her research examines the history of Australian women’s broadcasting. Her work has been published in Women’s History Review, Outskirts: Feminisms Along the Edge, and Lilith: A Feminist History Journal.


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