Contemporary Issues in Australian Literature: International Perspectives

by David Callahan (Editor)

Overview

The contemporary study of Australian literature ranges widely across issues of general cultural studies, the politics of identity (both ethnic and gendered), and the position of Australia within wider postcolonial contexts. This volume intervenes in the most significant of issues in these areas from a variety of international perspectives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714682198
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/2002
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Australian Literary Studies Bushwhacked?, David Callahan; Chapter 2 Cyberspace and Oz Lit, Ruth Brown; Chapter 3 Ethnic Autobiography and the Cult of Authenticity, Graham Huggan; Chapter 4 Melancholy in Mudrooroo’s Dr Wooreddy’s Prescription, Anne Maxwell; Chapter 5 Abjection and Nationality in Patrick White’s A Fringe of Leaves, Briar Wood; Chapter 6 Misogyny, Muscles and Machines, Rebecca Johinke; Chapter 7 May in September, Nicholas Birns; Chapter 8 From European Satellite to Asian Backwater?, Lars Jensen; Chapter 9 Australia in Oceania, Juniper Ellis;