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'Clothing is one of the major elements that defines us as human beings. It is intrinsically important to religious ceremonies, attracting partners, impressing potential employers, and our assumptions about someone’s social standing. We wear different clothes at different times to signify different things. Consider the disparity between a funeral suit and a wedding suit. We use our clothing to broadcast and telegraph messages to each other without ever having to utter a word. We use our clothing as protection from the world, to block out the sun and to keep the rain at bay. Whether made of the finest silks or the barest threads, our clothing is part of our humanity. For this issue of SWAMP we asked our contributors to reflect on the importance of clothing in our lives, and the responses have been overwhelming.' (Editorial introduction)
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
Rejected Wool by Jo Bardsley (Open University, UK)
Slip Stitch by Madeleine Ballard (Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington)
Undoing the Day by Amber Spalding (University of Suffolk)
Contents
- The Halfway Space, single work prose
- Pockets of Silver Sun, single work prose
- The Nollsie Shirt, single work prose
- Fabric of Change, single work short story
- Sinkhole Divingi"A diver pushes into darkness at the edge of light.", single work poetry
- Where Fashion Goes to Diei"Pillows of fog swell over", single work poetry
- Shop-Bought Dress, single work poetry
- Threads and Mortari"You told me cover yourself in wildflowers,", single work poetry
- Anna Wintouri"1 she says, in that film that is not about her", single work poetry
