A cultural icon is a person or an artifact that is identified by members of a culture as representative of that culture. The process of identification is subjective, and "icons" are judged by the extent to which they can be seen as an authentic symbol of that culture. When individuals perceive a cultural icon, they relate it to their general perceptions of the cultural identity represented. Cultural icons can also be identified as an authentic representation of the practices of one culture by another.
6-617: The Queensland's Q150 Icons list of cultural icons was compiled as part of Q150 celebrations in 2009 by the Government of Queensland , Australia. It represented the people, places and events that were significant to Queensland 's first 150 years. A list of 300 nominations for Queensland cultural icons was compiled by the Queensland Government, organised into 10 categories, and then the Queensland public were invited to vote to produce
12-520: A final list of 150 icons. The final list was announced on 10 June 2009 by the Queensland Premier Anna Bligh , as part of the Q150 celebration of Queensland's foundation. This list is for people and organisations that are significant to Queensland. [REDACTED] Media related to Q150 Icons at Wikimedia Commons Cultural icon In popular culture and elsewhere, the term "iconic"
18-602: A regime, for example, crowds destroying statues of Lenin in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism or burning the American flag to protest US actions abroad. Religious icons can also become cultural icons in societies where religion and culture are deeply entwined, such as representations of the Madonna in societies with a strong Catholic tradition. Describing something as iconic or as an icon has become very common in
24-505: Is used to describe a wide range of people, places, and things. Some commentators believe that the word "iconic" is overused. According to the Canadian Journal of Communication , academic literature has described all of the following as "cultural icons": Shakespeare, Oprah , Batman , Anne of Green Gables , the Cowboy , the 1960s female pop singer , the horse, Las Vegas , the library,
30-534: The Barbie doll, DNA, and the New York Yankees ." A web-based survey was set up in 2006 allowing the public to nominate their ideas for national icons of England, and the results show the range of different types of icons associated with an English view of English culture. One example is the red AEC Routemaster London double-decker bus. Matryoshka dolls are seen internationally as cultural icons of Russia. In
36-588: The former Soviet Union , the hammer and sickle symbol and statues of Vladimir Lenin instead represented the country's most prominent cultural icons. The values, norms, and ideals represented by a cultural icon vary among people who subscribe to it and more widely among others who may interpret cultural icons as symbolizing quite different values. Thus an apple pie is a cultural icon of the United States, but its significance varies among Americans. National icons can become targets for those opposing or criticising
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