Clare Monagle Clare Monagle i(9278647 works by)
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1 It’s Only Natural : The Fantasies and Fallacies of Breastfeeding Clare Monagle , 2024 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , 7th May no. 84 2024;

'THE IDEAS EXPRESSED in the above statements – plucked from myriad ‘official’ examples – will likely be familiar to readers. They reflect two key assumptions that permeate the provision of maternal and infant care in Australia and throughout the Global North. The first is that breastfeeding constitutes the optimal foundation for a child’s development. The second is that a mother and baby share an ‘inseparable’ dyadic attachment. These assumptions are presented as ahistorical universal truths. In fact, they are radically new.'  (Introduction)

1 An Uncertain Relocation Clare Monagle , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January - February no. 461 2024; (p. 63)

— Review of The Seagull Andrew Upton , 2023 single work drama
1 Do Not Go Gentle : Patricia Cornelius’s Marvel of a Play Clare Monagle , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 455 2023; (p. 62)

— Review of Do Not Go Gentle... Patricia Cornelius , 2006 single work drama

'Do Not Go Gentle, presented by the Sydney Theatre Company, is a marvel of a play, and this is a marvel of a production. Patricia Cornelius’s words, spoken by Scott of the Antarctic and his ragtag bunch of fellow travellers, are poetic, quixotic, trenchant, and potent. The liminal space offered by the ice and the snow of the setting takes the characters deep into their own psychic extremities. They become ruminative, playful, despairing, and libidinal as they encounter the limits of their physical and emotional capacities. They yearn for the ever-elusive South Pole, seeking to reach an end that promises liberation and obliteration.' (Introduction)   

1 Gillard as Everywoman : Hagiography in Secular Form Clare Monagle , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 453 2023; (p. 58)

— Review of Julia Joanna Murray-Smith , 2023 single work drama

'First things first, the audience loved it. As Julia Gillard, in a performance that blended naturalism and impersonation, Justine Clarke held the crowd in the palm of her hand. They swooned and sighed to the wholesome depiction of Gillard’s working-class Welsh parents and cackled at the pleasurable jokes made at the expense of Kevin Rudd, Mark Latham, and John Howard. And when Julia wrestled with her conscience over the policy compromises of her government – the refusal of same-sex marriage, the resumption of offshore processing for asylum seekers, the reduction of the single-mother benefit – the audience was encouraged to see that such disappointments were the cost of doing business in a dirty game.' (Introduction)

1 [Review] The Bible in Australia : A Cultural History Clare Monagle , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 50 no. 3 2019; (p. 398-399)

— Review of The Bible in Australia : A Cultural History Meredith Lake , 2018 multi chapter work criticism

'The Bible in Australia does a wonderful job of revealing the ubiquity of the Christian Bible in Australian history. Meredith Lake moves dextrously between temporal and geographical interactions with the biblical text. She understands the text read and worshipped by ‘bible-bashers’, but she also notices and taxonomises the scriptural references that infuse ostensibly secular cultural products, such as a Nick Cave song or a Tim Winton novel. That Lake’s book begins with the image of Koby Abberton emerging from the surf at Maroubra with the words ‘My brother’s keeper’ tattooed across his chest, tells us much about the range and the remit of this book. This is not a history of exegesis or of religious institutions. It is the history of the uses to which the Christian Bible has been put in the making of Australia. And she argues that ‘The Bible still gets under Australian skin’ (3).' (Introduction)

1 2 y separately published work icon Small Screens : Essays on Contemporary Australian Television Michelle Arrow (editor), Jeannine Baker (editor), Clare Monagle (editor), Clayton : Monash University Publishing , 2016 9466669 2016 anthology criticism

'There has been a lot happening on Australia’s small screens. Neighbours turned 30. Struggle Street was accused of poverty porn. Pete evangelised Paleo. Gina got litigious. Netflix muscled in. The Bachelor spawned The Bachelorette. Peter Allen’s maraccas were exhumed. The Labor Party ate itself. Anzac was an anti-climax. And so much more...

'Join us as we survey the Australian televisual landscape, and try to make sense of the myriad changes transforming what and how we watch. We’ve come a long way since Bruce Gyngell welcomed us to television in 1956. We now watch on demand and wherever we want, in our lounge rooms and on our devices.

'But some things stay the same. The small screen is still a place for imagining Australia, for better or for worse. Small Screens challenges and celebrates our contemporary TV worlds.' (Publication summary)

1 Mad Monks and the Order of the Tin Ear : The Medievalism of Abbott's Australia Louise D'Arcens , Clare Monagle , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , December vol. 74 no. 4 2015; (p. 106-113)
'The Middle Ages have had a lot of bad publicity lately.' (Abstract)
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