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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840-1940
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'Colonial Voices explores the role of language in the greater "civilising" project of the British Empire through the dissemination and reception of, and challenge to, British English in Australia during the period from the 1840s to the 1940s. This was a period in which the art of oratory, eloquence and elocution was of great importance in the empire and Joy Damousi offers an innovative study of the relationship between language and empire. She shows the ways in which this relationship moved from dependency to independence and how, during that transition, definitions of the meaning and place of oratory, eloquence and elocution shifted. Her findings reveal the central role of voice and pronunciation in informing and defining both individual and collective identity, as well as wider cultural views of class, race, nation and gender. The result is a pioneering contribution to cultural history and the history of English within the British Empire.' (From the publisher's website.)

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    • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Melbourne, Victoria,: Cambridge University Press ,
      2010 .
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      Extent: ix, 315p.p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliography (p. 296-304).
      • Includes index.
      • Publication date: June 2010.
      ISBN: 9780521516310 (hbk.)
      Series: y separately published work icon Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories Cambridge University Press (publisher), New York (City) : Cambridge University Press , 2005- Z1750018 2005 series - publisher criticism Number in series: 15

Works about this Work

Untitled Michelle Arrow , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics & History , September vol. 58 no. 3 2012; (p. 455-456)

— Review of Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840-1940 Joy Damousi , 2010 single work criticism
[Review Essay] Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia 1840-1940 Christeen Schoepf , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Colonial History , no. 14 2012; (p. 287-289)

'Historical inquiry is inextricably linked to the political, economic and social events that have influenced and ultimately shaped the individual, the community and the nation. Historians of today are asking broader and more informed questions than ever before and are exploring new and innovative, but ironically, ever present sources and methodologies to unravel how such events have sculpted Australia and Australians. Words and speaking, listening and engagement, literacy — or the lack of an ability to perform these skills — seem to have by-passed the historians' notice as a means of seeking answers to questions of gender, race or class power struggles that have forged a uniquely Australian identity and resulted in the development of Australian English...' (Introduction)

Eloquent Histories Susan Butler , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 8 no. 2 2011;

— Review of Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840-1940 Joy Damousi , 2010 single work criticism
Speech Sounds Bruce Moore , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 327 2010; (p. 34-35)

— Review of Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840-1940 Joy Damousi , 2010 single work criticism
Speech Sounds Bruce Moore , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 327 2010; (p. 34-35)

— Review of Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840-1940 Joy Damousi , 2010 single work criticism
Eloquent Histories Susan Butler , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 8 no. 2 2011;

— Review of Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840-1940 Joy Damousi , 2010 single work criticism
Untitled Michelle Arrow , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics & History , September vol. 58 no. 3 2012; (p. 455-456)

— Review of Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840-1940 Joy Damousi , 2010 single work criticism
[Review Essay] Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia 1840-1940 Christeen Schoepf , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Colonial History , no. 14 2012; (p. 287-289)

'Historical inquiry is inextricably linked to the political, economic and social events that have influenced and ultimately shaped the individual, the community and the nation. Historians of today are asking broader and more informed questions than ever before and are exploring new and innovative, but ironically, ever present sources and methodologies to unravel how such events have sculpted Australia and Australians. Words and speaking, listening and engagement, literacy — or the lack of an ability to perform these skills — seem to have by-passed the historians' notice as a means of seeking answers to questions of gender, race or class power struggles that have forged a uniquely Australian identity and resulted in the development of Australian English...' (Introduction)

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