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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Page 24
... influence moulding ideas about Australian identity is the intelligentsia , or that class of people - writers , artists , jour- nalist , historians , critics - most responsible for its definition . As the composition and influence of ...
... influence moulding ideas about Australian identity is the intelligentsia , or that class of people - writers , artists , jour- nalist , historians , critics - most responsible for its definition . As the composition and influence of ...
Page 188
... influence and prestige , if not in numbers . But the germ of the distinctive " outback " ethos was not simply the result of climatic and economic conditions , nor of na- tional and social traditions brought with them by the " govern ...
... influence and prestige , if not in numbers . But the germ of the distinctive " outback " ethos was not simply the result of climatic and economic conditions , nor of na- tional and social traditions brought with them by the " govern ...
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... influence of Charles Dickens's rich , but essentially seg- mental and antipathetic , view of London . Henry Lawson , for ex- ample , claimed that " every line that Dickens wrote / I've read and read again " while his friend Jack ...
... influence of Charles Dickens's rich , but essentially seg- mental and antipathetic , view of London . Henry Lawson , for ex- ample , claimed that " every line that Dickens wrote / I've read and read again " while his friend Jack ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part Two White Australia Has a Black History | 59 |
Part Three A Multicultural Nation? | 101 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Alter/Asians: Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media, and Popular Culture Ien Ang No preview available - 2000 |