Lester Adorjany Lester Adorjany i(A89132 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Promoting Old Fashioned, Blue Collar Masculinity in the Fiction of Robert G. Barrett Lester Adorjany , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Celebrations, Causes and Consequences 2003; (p. 7-18) Robert G. Barrett is a contemporary Australian author whose books have sold over a million copies. He is currently the most popular author of young Australian working class males, who find in Barrett's main series protagonist, Les Norton, a hero whose existence affirms the values of male working class life - mateship, heavy drinking, courage, violence, sexism and a rejection of middle class rationality. The great bulk of current Australian fiction exhibits middle class values, which alienate such readers' (author's abstract).
1 y separately published work icon Celebrations, Causes and Consequences Frances Lovejoy (editor), Roberta Perkins (editor), Lester Adorjany (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales. School of Sociology , 2003 Z1197215 2003 anthology criticism
1 Representation of Leisure in the Writings of Robert G. Barrett Lester Adorjany , Frances Lovejoy , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Annals of Leisure Research , vol. 6 no. 4 2003; (p. 307-318)
1 Resurrecting Working Class Masculinity Through Violence in the Novels of Robert G. Barrett Lester Adorjany , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Sociology : Awareness, Analysis, Advocacy 2002; (p. 13-19) An analysis is presented of the fictional representation of interpersonal violence in the novels of Robert G. Barrett. It is argued that a certain degree of Barrett's success rests on his validation of unauthorised interpersonal violence as a winning component of working class masculinity. This is realised through the justificationof his main series protagonist, Les Norton's ability to construct and deconstruct the world through violent aggression. The efficacy of Norton's 'antisocial' behaviour is substantiated by rewards in the way of money, sex, gifts, and opportunity' (author's abstract).
1 y separately published work icon New Sociology : Awareness, Analysis, Advocacy Frances Lovejoy (editor), Lester Adorjany (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales. School of Sociology , 2002 Z1197206 2002 anthology criticism
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