The Vision Splendid: A Social and Cultural History of Rural AustraliaThe Vision Splendid seeks to restore rural Australia to a central place in Australian history by showing how it has shaped Australian culture. It focuses on the culture of work and leisure and the changing conceptions of the Bush in the Australian mind from the late eighteenth century onwards. It maps, for the first time, the development of a set of cultural values and institutions in nineteenth-century rural Australia. |
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Page 68
... showed particular deference towards women.221 But such behaviour was a mask , for this was no deferential society , and bushranging itself represented a challenge to , not a reinforcement of , an ordered and structured society . The ...
... showed particular deference towards women.221 But such behaviour was a mask , for this was no deferential society , and bushranging itself represented a challenge to , not a reinforcement of , an ordered and structured society . The ...
Page 116
... showed that the notion of separate cultural and moral roles for women and men had less meaning for many rural dwellers . The practical tasks women carried out blurred the distinction between the private and public spheres , and ...
... showed that the notion of separate cultural and moral roles for women and men had less meaning for many rural dwellers . The practical tasks women carried out blurred the distinction between the private and public spheres , and ...
Page 271
... showed an extraordinary capacity to move between two cultures , one symbolised by the ' picture show ' , the other by the ' corroboree ' . Aborigines , she noted , possessed a dry sense of humour , they were casual and efficient , and ...
... showed an extraordinary capacity to move between two cultures , one symbolised by the ' picture show ' , the other by the ' corroboree ' . Aborigines , she noted , possessed a dry sense of humour , they were casual and efficient , and ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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