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 240
... Suburbia Tim Rowse . It is commonplace now to remark on the urban nature of Australian society , to which many commentators have added " suburban " . In 1964 Donald Horne evoked Australia's typical- ity : Australia may have been the ...
... Suburbia Tim Rowse . It is commonplace now to remark on the urban nature of Australian society , to which many commentators have added " suburban " . In 1964 Donald Horne evoked Australia's typical- ity : Australia may have been the ...
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... suburbia " is a society without history or politics . Thirdly , though commentators have disagreed on whether suburbia constitutes a good or bad civilisation , they have all tended to pose the question of the good life in terms of what ...
... suburbia " is a society without history or politics . Thirdly , though commentators have disagreed on whether suburbia constitutes a good or bad civilisation , they have all tended to pose the question of the good life in terms of what ...
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... suburbia " has developed in its idiomatic force its apparent au- thenticity as a description of the " Australian way of life " . Begin- ning as an abstract . . . dismissal , it enjoyed a career ... suburbia Australian Critics on Suburbia 249.
... suburbia " has developed in its idiomatic force its apparent au- thenticity as a description of the " Australian way of life " . Begin- ning as an abstract . . . dismissal , it enjoyed a career ... suburbia Australian Critics on Suburbia 249.
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 |