Marcus Breen Marcus Breen i(A27051 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 A Platypus in New York City Marcus Breen , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August no. 149 2017; (p. 44-46)

' 'Remember', wrote Peter Carey in his 2003 novel 'My Life as a Fake', 'this is the country of the duck-billed platypus. When you are cut off from the rest of the world, things are bound to develop in interesting ways'. Well, yes, of course 'things' are bound to 'develop'. But what does 'interesting' mean? The arrival on Broadway of the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) adaptation of Anton Chekhov's unnamed and unpublished text as 'The Present' is indeed 'interesting', in the way Peter Carey almost always suggests in his work: 'interesting' in that socially discounted way that reduces culture to its banalities while amplifying a kind of Antipodean inadequacy.' (Publication abstract)
1 Memory in a Curiously Conservative Queensland Marcus Breen , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women’s Book Review , vol. 26 no. 1/2 2014;
— Review of Bite Your Tongue Francesca Rendle-Short , 2008 single work novel 'CAN full disclosure be fully rendered? The short answer is no. The longer, more engaging answer is that it is impossible to answer that question when the relationship with an author is embedded in one’s own experience. In fact, the measure of disclosure is indicated by the way gaps in a narrative are filled in with literary devices that hint at the emotional truth of the people in question. In this case, Francesca Rendle-Short and I share a connection in the fundamentalist Protestant history of Brisbane’s 1960s-1970s that cannot be boiled down to a single perspective.' (Author's introduction)
1 y separately published work icon Rock Dogs: Politics and the Australian Music Industry Marcus Breen , University Press of America , 2006 25540823 2006 single work information book Rock Dogs investigates the impact of government music policies on the Australian music scene, youth culture, and national identity. 
1 US Cultural Studies : Oxymoron? Marcus Breen , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cultural Studies Review , March vol. 11 no. 1 2005; (p. 11-26) Compares and contrasts US and Australian cultures and the different approaches to cultural studies emerging from the differences.
1 3 y separately published work icon Our Place Our Music, Aboriginal Music : Australian Popular Music in Perspective Marcus Breen (editor), Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press , 1989 Z1591299 1989 anthology lyric/song criticism

'Our Place Our Music surveys the latest developments in Aboriginal music across Australia and traces some of the historical influences which have shaped it. It shows how dynamic Aboriginal culture is, and how music maintains many of the essential values of Aboriginal life. This book is a landmark in its field. It is a must for specialists in ethnomusicology and essential reading for anybody with an interest in the rural and urban sounds of Aboriginal Australia' Publishers note (21/05/2009)
1 Sight and Sound Unseen i "The voices are trailing away.", Marcus Breen , 1985 single work poetry
— Appears in: Minute to Midnight : New Writing for Peace and Disarmament 1985; (p. 15)
1 Holocaust Ash - A Chant! i "This dryness at the back of my throat", Marcus Breen , 1985 single work poetry
— Appears in: Minute to Midnight : New Writing for Peace and Disarmament 1985; (p. 14)
1 Writing for Readers Marcus Breen , 1985 single work
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , vol. 5 no. 1 1985; (p. 19-21)
1 'A Wowl Is the Ultimate Substance' i "I can see this man at his easel", Marcus Breen , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Aspect : Art and Literature , Winter no. 31 1984; (p. 45)
1 Writers Week at a Gallop Marcus Breen , 1984 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 43 no. 3 1984; (p. 463-465)
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