| Contemporary Issues in Australian Literature: International Perspectives Contributor(s): Callahan, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0714682195 ISBN-13: 9780714682198 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $74.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2002 Annotation: The contemporary study of Australian literature, as befitting that of a country that has been at the forefront of postcolonial studies, is a highly self-conscious and theoreticized enterprise, carried on by academics across the globe and not just Australians concerned with asserting their national identity as used to be the case. This volume deals with issues such as the tensions between literary and cultural studies, indigenous autobiography, postcolonial nostalgia, masculinity, the placing of Australia in the Pacific and in Asia, the uses of Australian literature in the United States, and includes the considerations of such widely-studied authors as Mudrooroo, Peter Carey and Patrick White. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.999 |
| LCCN: 2001006180 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.04" W x 8.5" (0.57 lbs) 190 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |