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1 y separately published work icon Australian Aboriginal English : Change and Continuity in an Adopted Language Ian G. Malcolm , Boston : Walter de Gruyter , 2018 15303916 2018 multi chapter work criticism

'The dialect of English which has developed in Indigenous speech communities in Australia, while showing some regional and social variation, has features at all levels of linguistic description, which are distinct from those found in Australian English and also is associated with distinctive patterns of conceptualization and speech use. This volume provides, for the first time, a comprehensive description of the dialect with attention to its regional and social variation, the circumstances of its development, its relationships to other varieties and its foundations in the history, conceptual predispositions and speech use conventions of its speakers. Much recent research on the dialect has been motivated by concern for the implications of its use in educational and legal contexts. The volume includes a review of such research and its implications as well as an annotated bibliography of significant contributions to study of the dialect and a number of sample texts.

'While Aboriginal English has been the subject of investigation in diverse places for some 60 years there has hitherto been no authoritative text which brings together the findings of this research and its implications. This volume should be of interest to scholars of English dialects as well as to persons interested in deepening their understanding of Indigenous Australian people and ways of providing more adequately for their needs in a society where there is a disconnect between their own dialect and that which prevails generally in the society of which they are a part.'  (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film Martin Löschnigg (editor), Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz (editor), Berlin : Walter de Gruyter , 2014 10496426 2014 anthology criticism

'The First World War has remained the subject of prose fiction, drama, and film across nations. This volume provides a comprehensive international survey of the cultural memory of the war as reflected in various media. It addresses the role of these media in preserving and (re)shaping the memory of the war, emphasizing the historical, socio-political, gender-oriented and post-colonial contexts of its cultural representations.'

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1 y separately published work icon Ned Kelly as Memory Dispositif: Media, Time, Power, and the Development of Australian Identities Laura Basu , Berlin Boston : Walter de Gruyter , 2013 Z1912022 2013 single work criticism 'Nineteenth-century bandit Ned Kelly is perhaps Australia s most famous historical figure. Ever since he became outlawed in 1878 his story has been repeated time and again, in every conceivable medium. Although the value of his memory has been hotly contested - and arguably because of this - he remains perhaps the national icon of Australia. Kelly s flamboyant crimes enabled him to become a popular hero for many Australians during his lifetime and far beyond, a symbol of freedom, anti authoritarianism, anti-imperialism: a Robin Hood, a Jesse James, a Che Guevara. Others have portrayed him as a villain, a gangster, a terrorist. His latest incarnation - astonishingly - has been as WikiLeaks founder and fellow-Australian Julian Assange. Despite the huge number of representations of the Kelly in all media and genres - from rampant newspaper reporting of the events, to the iconic Sydney Nolan paintings, to a movie starring Mick Jagger, to contemporary urban street art - this is the first work to take this corpus of texts itself as a subject of analysis. The fascinating case of the young outlaw provides an important opportunity to further our understanding of the dynamics of cultural memory. This book explains the processes by which the cultural memory of Ned Kelly was made and has developed over time, and how it has related to formations and negotiations of group identity.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon Mediation, Remediation, and the Dynamics of Cultural Memory Astrid Erll (editor), Ann Rigney (editor), Berlin New York (City) : Walter de Gruyter , 2009 Z1673878 2009 anthology criticism
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