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- Cindie : A Chronicle of the Canefields : Introduction, single work criticism biography (p. v-xii)
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The Semi-Georgic Australian Sugarcane Novel
2022
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Georgic Literature and the Environment 2022; (p. 184-198)'In Australian ecocriticism, farming is understood as a destructive colonial extraction of wealth that has obliterated the pre-colonial Aboriginal relationship with nonhuman nature. This view is problematic for those seeking to recognise positive changes in farming practices or to develop alternative literary conceptions of farming. This chapter recognises the transmission of Roman culture to Australia by juxtaposing Virgil’s Georgics with three Australian novels and exploring how the georgic mode is registered. A focus on farming practices in Ronald McKie’s The Crushing (1977), Jean Devanny’s Cindie: A Chronicle of the Canefields (1946), and John Naish’s The Cruel Field (1962) enables an ecocritical reading that counters findings by Shirley McDonald (2015) of British colonists in Canada as practising sustainable agriculture. How Aboriginal characters interact with farming and are excluded from or included in the georgic mode is also discussed. Together these novels depict Aboriginal dispossession and marginalisation, large-scale transformation of pre-existing landscapes, and destruction of coral reefs. This chapter makes use of readings of Virgil’s Georgics as a reflection of Roman imperialism, a scientific text, and a portrayal of chaos and human limits to contribute new understandings of the Australian sugarcane novel and to, perhaps, enable the creation of new versions.'
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The Legend of the ‘Gentlemen of the Flashing Blade’ : The Canecutter in the Australian Imagination
2022
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 11 no. 1-2 2022; (p. 45-61)'The ‘gentlemen of the flashing blade’ laboured in an occupation that no longer exists in Australia: canecutting. It was a hard job done by hard men, and its iconic figure – the canecutter – survives as a Queensland legend, so extensively romanticized in the popular culture of the time as to constitute a subgenre characterized by subject matter and motifs particular to the pre-mechanization sugar country culture. Yet, it may seem like the only canecutters immortalized in the arts are Summer of the Seventeenth Doll’s Roo and Barney. To show the breadth and diversity of this subgenre, and the legend of the canecutter and sugar country culture, this article reviews a selection of novels, memoirs, plays, short stories, cartoons, verse, song, film, television, radio and children’s books. These works address the racial, cultural and industrial politics of the sugar industry and its influence on the economic and social development of Queensland. The parts played by the nineteenth-century communities of indentured South Sea Islanders and the European immigrants who followed are represented along with those of the itinerant Anglos. These works depict, and celebrate, a colourful, often brutal, part of Queensland’s past and an Australian icon comparable with the swaggie or the shearer.' (Publication abstract)
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'Never Forget That The Kanakas Are Men': Fictional Representations of the Enslaved Black Body
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bodies and Voices : The Force-Field of Representation and Discourse in Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies 2008; (p. 205-224) -
The Uses of Whiteness Theory in Critical Discourses of Race
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literature and the Public Sphere : Refereed Proceedings of the 1998 [ASAL] Conference 1999; (p. 163-171) -
Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary
1997
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 54-55 1997; (p. 30-37)
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Blackskinned Love in the Canefields
1950
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 March 1950; (p. 2)
— Review of Cindie : A Chronicle of the Canefields 1949 single work novel -
Bitter Sugar
1950
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 31 May vol. 71 no. 3668 1950; (p. 2)
— Review of Cindie : A Chronicle of the Canefields 1949 single work novel -
Some Were Ladies
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Belles-Lettres (US) , July-August vol. 3 no. 6 1988; (p. 2,21)
— Review of The Three Miss Kings 1883 single work novel ; Cindie : A Chronicle of the Canefields 1949 single work novel -
Jean Devanny, a Writer Rediscovered
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 January 1987; (p. B2)
— Review of Point of Departure : The Autobiography of Jean Devanny 1987 single work autobiography ; Cindie : A Chronicle of the Canefields 1949 single work novel -
Bitter Sugar
1950
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 31 May vol. 71 no. 3668 1950; (p. 2)
— Review of Cindie : A Chronicle of the Canefields 1949 single work novel -
Women in North Queensland
1975
single work
essay
— Appears in: Lectures on North Queensland History : Second Series 1975; (p. 97-117) Discusses the lives of women in North Queensland. Mentions several North Queensland newspapers, as well as a number of novels featuring North Queensland women. -
Round the World
1947
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , June vol. 1 no. 12 1947; (p. 565) -
'Never Forget That The Kanakas Are Men': Fictional Representations of the Enslaved Black Body
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bodies and Voices : The Force-Field of Representation and Discourse in Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies 2008; (p. 205-224) -
Virago Press Offers Stunning List of Australian Viragos
1987
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , March vol. 1 no. 1 1987; (p. 58-59) -
Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary
1997
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 54-55 1997; (p. 30-37)
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