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Rowley argues that the idea of motherhood expressed in the texts of bush mythology is ambivalent and unresolved. The presentation of domestic space has a pronounced influence on the idea of motherhood constructed in the stories under discussion. But, the representation of motherhood in bush mythology has been excluded "from the myths by which Australians have sought to construct an identity".
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Inside the Deserted Hut : The Representation of Motherhood in Bush Mythology
Westerly
Westerly
Subjects:
- The Chosen Vessel 1896 single work short story
- Scrammy 'And 1902 single work short story
- Squeaker's Mate 1902 single work short story
- The Drover's Wife 1892 single work short story
- The Helpless Mothers 1984 single work poetry
- The Babies in the Bush 1901 single work short story
- No Place for a Woman 1900 single work short story
- The Night We Watched for Wallabies 1899 single work short story
- Such Is Life : Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins 1897 single work novel
- Two Cases for the Doctor 1904 single work short story
- Kate's Babies 1904 single work short story
- Bush,
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