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 143
... Women have been systematically excluded from myths of national identity in Australia . Where do women figure in the parade of bushmen , Anzacs , lifesavers , " ordinary blokes " , even poets and painters ? Feminist analyses of the ...
... Women have been systematically excluded from myths of national identity in Australia . Where do women figure in the parade of bushmen , Anzacs , lifesavers , " ordinary blokes " , even poets and painters ? Feminist analyses of the ...
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... Women and the Bush critiques the conventional place of the bush in accounts of national identity , including those ... women's fertility control ; marriage , divorce and motherhood ; meanings of the female body ; the regulation of family ...
... Women and the Bush critiques the conventional place of the bush in accounts of national identity , including those ... women's fertility control ; marriage , divorce and motherhood ; meanings of the female body ; the regulation of family ...
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... women . In- dependence was considered the privilege of the white man . Unless women were to remain economically dependent , observed the Bul- letin , the labour market would be ruined for white men no less than by Asian competition.21 ...
... women . In- dependence was considered the privilege of the white man . Unless women were to remain economically dependent , observed the Bul- letin , the labour market would be ruined for white men no less than by Asian competition.21 ...
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 |