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Contents indexed selectively.
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‘Uncle Sam’s Letterbag’ : Children’s Involvement in Newspaper Propaganda in the First World War,
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criticism
(p. 211-228)
'This paper draws on letters published weekly in ‘Uncle Sam’s Corner’, in Rockhampton’s Morning Bulletin and Central Queensland Herald between 1915 and 1918 to explore the role of journalists in disseminating popular narratives during the First World War. Through the children’s own words their understanding of unfolding events is exposed as is the role of journalist ‘Uncle Sam’ in shaping children’s wartime responses. Using his adjoining children’s corner and the responses given to the children’s letters, Uncle Sam inculcates the values of duty, service and sacrifice; the qualities demanded of the Empire’s civilians in wartime to aid military success. An examination of a specific children’s column reveals how media can overtly manipulate public perceptions to shape dominant societal narratives and highlights how children unwittingly participate in wartime propaganda.' (Publication abstract)
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Book Review : The Routledge Companion to Literature and Food,
single work
review
— Review of The Routledge Companion to Literature and Food 2018 anthology criticism ;(p. 261-264)'The Routledge Companion to Literature and Food is not another of those anthologies that brings together extracts and examples of literary references to food. It is instead a collection of original research aimed at exploring and expanding the understanding of how food is used in literature. As the editors make clear in the introduction, their intention in this volume is not to present ‘an exhaustive or definitive discussion of topics, literary forms or modes, or genres’ (4), such a task might be almost impossible, but rather to provide a snapshot of the scholarship relating to food and literature, to demonstrate ‘the variety of lenses through which the function of food in literature may be viewed’ (2) and showcase the many literary forms, both fiction and non-fiction, that deal with food.' (Introduction)
