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Alternative title: JAS
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... vol. 38 no. 2 June 2014 of Journal of Australian Studies est. 1977 Journal of Australian Studies
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* Contents derived from the 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Is the Trouble in My Place the Same As The Trouble with Merle ?, Jay Daniel Thompson , single work criticism
'This article addresses Sally Morgan's My Place(1987) and Maree Delofski's The Trouble with Merle (2002). A key similarity between these texts is a confusion surrounding the racial identities of their female protagonists. In Morgan's book, the narrator discovers that she is Aboriginal, and not (as she had been led to believe) Indian. The subject of Delofski's documentary is the vintage Hollywood film star Merle Oberon. Oberon claimed to be born in Tasmania, presumably of Anglo-Saxon parentage. Following her death in 1979, however, it was revealed that Oberon was actually born and raised in India and had Anglo-Indian parentage. Yet, some Tasmanians still claim that she was born in Tasmania and was, in fact, Anglo-Chinese. I suggest that a useful and compelling way of reading these texts is through Judith Butler's multivalenced concept of “trouble”. The protagonists of My Place and The Trouble with Merleare “trouble” to the extent that they are both situated outside an idealised white Australian femininity. On another level, both texts “trouble”—as in, they pose a challenge to—understandings of race and gender. (Publication abstract)
(p. 220-232)
Review : Christian Mysticism and Australian Poetry., Nicholas Birns , single work review
— Review of Christian Mysticism and Australian Poetry Toby Davidson , 2013 multi chapter work criticism ;
(p. 246-247)
Review : The Censor's Library : Uncovering the Lost History of Australia's Banned Books., Jim Davidson , single work review
— Review of The Censor's Library Nicole Moore , 2012 single work criticism ;
(p. 247-249)
Review : Witnessing Australian Stories: History, Testimony and Memory in Contemporary Culture., Guy Hansen , single work review
— Review of Witnessing Australian Stories : History, Testimony and Memory in Contemporary Culture Kelly Jean Butler , 2013 single work criticism ;
(p. 249-250)
Review : Tasmanian Aborigines : A History Since 1803., Murray Johnson , single work review
— Review of Tasmanian Aborigines : A History Since 1803 Lyndall Ryan , 2012 single work criticism ;
(p. 250-252)
Review : Steady Steady : The Life and Music of Seaman Dan., Graeme Smith , single work
— Review of Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan Seaman Dan , Karl Neuenfeldt , 2012 single work autobiography ;
(p. 255-256)
Review : L. Bernard Hall: The Man the Art World Forgot., Catherine Speck , single work review
— Review of L. Bernard Hall : The Man the Art World Forgot Gwen Rankin , 2013 single work biography ;
(p. 256-258)
Review : Edward M. Curr and the Tide of History, Rachel Standfield , single work review
— Review of Edward M. Curr and the Tide of History Samuel Furphy , 2013 single work criticism ;
(p. 258-259)

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