Christina Twomey Christina Twomey i(A67739 works by) (a.k.a. CT)
Gender: Female
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1 Ask Stuart! : Essays on the Macintyre Effect Christina Twomey , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 447 2022; (p. 22-23)

— Review of The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022 anthology essay

'History was work for Stuart Macintyre (1947–2021), writing was his pleasure, and he excelled at both. Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski, scholars from outside Macintyre’s own discipline of history, underscore the breadth of his interests and networks by initiating this collection of twenty-seven essays. They wish to honour Macintyre’s work and interrogate ‘the Macintyre effect’. That effect stemmed from prodigious scholarly output, intervention in national debates, political connections, service to professional bodies and key cultural institutions, a long career of teaching and leadership at the University of Melbourne, and mentorship. The editors seek to establish Macintyre’s legacy through the reflections of others on the interests and issues that inspired his life’s work. They want contributors to avoid genuflecting before launching off into tangential discussion of their own work, the bane of many a Festschrift. Most of them succeed. Contributors were instead asked to ‘add something new, or of themselves’.' (Introduction) 

1 Sign. Us. Up. Christina Twomey , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June - July no. 412 2019; (p. 54)
1 4 y separately published work icon The Battle Within : POWs In Postwar Australia Christina Twomey , New South Wales : NewSouth Publishing , 2018 14223567 2018 multi chapter work biography

'This landmark and compelling book follows the stories of 15,000 Australian prisoners of war from the moment they were released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. Their struggle to rehabilitate themselves and to win compensation and acknowledgement from their own country was just beginning. This moving book shows that the battle within was both a personal and a national one.

'Prize-winning historian Christina Twomey finds that official policies and attitudes towards these men were equivocal and arbitrary for almost forty years. The image of a defeated and emaciated soldier held prisoner by people of a different race did not sit well with the mythology of Anzac. Drawing on the records of the Prisoner of War Trust Fund for the first time, this book presents the struggles of returned prisoners in their own words. It also shows that memories of captivity forged new connections with people of the Asia-Pacific region, as former POWs sought to reconcile with their captors and honour those who had helped them. A grateful nation ultimately lauded and commemorated POWs as worthy veterans from the 1980s, but the real story of the fight to get there has not been told until now.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 A Richly Imagined History Christina Twomey , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , April vol. 12 no. 1 2015; (p. 276-278)

— Review of The Europeans in Australia : A History Alan Atkinson , 1997 reference non-fiction
1 Book Notes Christina Twomey , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , September vol. 40 no. 3 2009; (p. 394)

— Review of Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 Manning Clark , 2008 selected work correspondence
1 Book Notes Christina Twomey , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , September vol. 40 no. 3 2009; (p. 394)

— Review of Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000 Barbara Blackman , Judith Wright , 2007 selected work correspondence
1 Untitled Christina Twomey , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 38 no. 129 2007; (p. 204)

— Review of Voyage of Hope : Vietnamese Australian Women's Narratives Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen , 2005 multi chapter work biography
1 Problems in Paradise : Gender, Race and Historical 'Truth' in Paradise Road Christina Twomey , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies , January vol. 10 no. 1 2006; (p. 30-52)

'This article analyses the controversy that greeted the release of Paradise Road, Bruce Beresford's 1997 film about civilian women interned by the Japanese in World War Two. It centres on three issues that dominated critical reception of the film: its handling of the issues of sexual threat and physical violence to woman in captivity: the representation of Japanese camp guards; and debate about the film's claims to accuracy. These issues are intrinsically linked to broader understandings about gender, race and historical truth.

The article examines how race overtook gender in political debate as the fulcrum of the film's cultural comment on war. It suggests that this trend was particularly acute in Australia, where a discussion of race ultimately elided the film's gendered aspects and merged into a consideration of the film's historical truthfulness. This process reveals the strength of perceptions among movie-goers and many reviewers that cinematic history can reveal the truth about the past, and the need for historians to engage more fully in public debate about film and history.' (Christina Twomey).

1 Revisiting A Town Like Alice Christina Twomey , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , March vol. 21 no. 49 2006; (p. 85-1-1)
1 [Review] The Captive White Woman of Gippsland: In Pursuit of the Legend Christina Twomey , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Lilith , no. 10 2001; (p. 184-185)

— Review of The Captive White Woman of Gippsland: In Pursuit of the Legend Julie Carr , 2001 single work criticism
1 Captive Women and Audiences Christina Twomey , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 58 no. 1 1999; (p. 45-57)
The author remarks on the volume of literature, film and drama based on internment by the Japanese during World War II, and the particular focus on the plight of women internees.
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