Images of Australia: An Introductory Reader in Australian StudiesGillian Whitlock, David Carter This introductory text for students and general readers is designed for use with the new ABC TV Open Learning program. Through a collection of 14 readings by writers and academics such as Graeme Davison and Gail Reekie it explores questions of Australian culture and identity. |
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... image of Australia . The nineteenth - century man of letters , the fin de siècle professional artist , the mid - twentieth - century academic have all viewed Australia differently , and have all had an interest in claiming their image ...
... image of Australia . The nineteenth - century man of letters , the fin de siècle professional artist , the mid - twentieth - century academic have all viewed Australia differently , and have all had an interest in claiming their image ...
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... Australia's identity involved conflicting British interests . In Aus- tralia , from the late nineteenth century to ... image which was to prove more powerful than any other . It was essentially the city - dweller's image of the bush , a ...
... Australia's identity involved conflicting British interests . In Aus- tralia , from the late nineteenth century to ... image which was to prove more powerful than any other . It was essentially the city - dweller's image of the bush , a ...
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... Australia . So we must ask what multiculturalism means , and if it is a viable way of defining the nation . But we ... image of the " Coming Man " , and so were excluded from the image of the Australian type as well.3 Being Australian ...
... Australia . So we must ask what multiculturalism means , and if it is a viable way of defining the nation . But we ... image of the " Coming Man " , and so were excluded from the image of the Australian type as well.3 Being Australian ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part Two White Australia Has a Black History | 59 |
Part Three A Multicultural Nation? | 101 |
Copyright | |
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Alter/Asians: Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media, and Popular Culture Ien Ang No preview available - 2000 |