Fiona Nicoll's chapter 'Gender, desire and the digger' from her book "Diggers to Drag Queens" deals with issues surrounding Australian national identity through gendered terms with her main focus being that of the ANZAC or digger legend. Nicoll examines representations, ideologies, misconceptions, connotations and other analyses surrounding Australia and it's participation in different conflicts over time. Nicoll examines the different imagery surrounding women and war, how women are represented in different spheres of Australian life, …showed first 75 words of 1067 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1067 total…not document emotional male responses to the forged Australian identity and how this may affect their day to day living and their own identity as both a male and an Australian. Nicoll has addressed an issue within Australia that has until recently has not been examined and thought of as an issue. Nicoll analyses the problematic concerns of gender and Australian national identity and how this identity has caused feelings of alienation for Australian women.