Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Representation, Discourse and Desire : Contemporary Australian Culture and Critical Theory
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Megan, for Morgan, for my mother and to the memory of my father who, through Irish brogue, spoke of his love of Australia.
  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Longman Cheshire , 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Literature, Culture and Society: The Politics of Australian Cultural Theory, Andrew Milner , single work criticism
Milner offers a synchronic and diachronic view of a number of the major critical theories in the Australian context and indicates some of the major Australian responses to various critical movements. - from the editor's note
(p. 35-69)
The Lure of Abjection: Kristeva's Borderliner and Australian Masculinity in Hal Porter, A.D. Hope, Patrick White, Joan Kirkby , single work criticism
'One of the central issues in this chapter is how the (socio-cultural) concept of abjection as it has been developed by Kristeva, relates to the Australian context.' - editor's note
(p. 138-162)
Elizabeth Jolley's Bourgeois Carnival: Novelistic and Social Dialogism in 'Foxybaby' and 'Mr Scobie's Riddle', Cecilia Pietropoli , single work criticism
Pietropoli investigates the position of canonical and non-canonical literature in Australia, developing on the idea of an Australian carnivalesque and how this might constitute part of a national 'voice'. - editor's note
(p. 184-193)
Oscar and Lucinda: Shattering History's Self-Reflection, Sue Gillett , single work criticism
Gillett examines a number of systems of representation as they relate to fictional processes and the cultural sense of history.
(p. 194-209)
Lotman's Diachronic semiotics and the Historicity of 'A Fringe of Leaves', J. M. Q. Davies , single work criticism
Davies explores some of the connections between Australian fiction and the representation of history.
(p. 210-220)
The Transformation of the Word: Text and Performance in the Work of Ania Walwicz and Amanda Stewart, Hazel Smith , single work criticism
'The idea of the 'voice' - who speaks, who controls discourse, who is heard - has important implications for the Australian context. If we are to speak of cultural identities it is necessary to know how they are articulated, not just what is said. Hazel Smith examines two Australian performance poets who engage in these concerns of Australian voices, as well as the wider area of written and spoken texts. Smith applies concepts from Jacques Derrida (writing and speech) and semiotics (particularly the work of Roland Barthes) to her analysis of poetry and the voice in the Australian context.' (Abstract published at the beginning of article, p.221.)
(p. 221-238)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Longman Cheshire , 1994 .
      Extent: 283p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographies, index and 'Further Reading' recommendations.

Works about this Work

New Scholarly Books from Australian Publishers Nick Walker , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Campus Review , 2-8 June vol. 4 no. 21 1994; (p. 12)

— Review of Representation, Discourse and Desire : Contemporary Australian Culture and Critical Theory 1994 anthology criticism
New Scholarly Books from Australian Publishers Diane Carlyle , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Campus Review , 2-8 June vol. 4 no. 21 1994; (p. 12)

— Review of Representation, Discourse and Desire : Contemporary Australian Culture and Critical Theory 1994 anthology criticism
New Scholarly Books from Australian Publishers Diane Carlyle , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Campus Review , 2-8 June vol. 4 no. 21 1994; (p. 12)

— Review of Representation, Discourse and Desire : Contemporary Australian Culture and Critical Theory 1994 anthology criticism
New Scholarly Books from Australian Publishers Nick Walker , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Campus Review , 2-8 June vol. 4 no. 21 1994; (p. 12)

— Review of Representation, Discourse and Desire : Contemporary Australian Culture and Critical Theory 1994 anthology criticism
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