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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... vol. 2 no. 3 2013 of The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture est. 2012 Australasian Journal of Popular Culture
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Biggles Sees Red : Saving Australia from the Communist Menace, Erin Ihde , single work criticism
'James Bigglesworth, known as 'Biggles', is a children's fictional character created by the English author Captain W.E. Johns in the 1930s. The 'Biggles' books became some of the most popular children's titles of the twentieth century. Biggles had adventures worldwide, but after World War II his adversaries were often communists. These stories reflect Cold War tensions, and many explore issues that are directly pertinent to Australian readers, including Korea, China and even a story set in Australia itself - where Biggles was particularly popular - in which Biggles thwarts a planned communist uprising involving Aborigines. This article explores the extent to which the books were influential in shaping Cold War attitudes during the 1950s and 1960s, in light of Johns' expressed intentions when writing the books. ' (Author's abstract)
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