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1 ‘A Very Very Great Part of Our Life’ : Storytelling about the Richmond River Adele Wessell , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 10 no. 1-2 2021; (p. 7-19)

'Acts of remembering a river may have a performative function in environmental history and debates around human impact and waterways. The process of remembering and search for meaning are shaped in the present moment when the Richmond is one of the most degraded river systems on the east coast of Australia. Imbued with sentimentality, however, residents speak to the fundamental importance of the river to their lives as they were growing up in and around Lismore. Such histories may provide context for understanding contemporary affective responses to rivers and how emotion shapes our relationships with nature more broadly.' (Publication abstract)
1 Taste and, and in, Writing and Publishing Donna Lee Brien , Adele Wessell , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , no. 26 2014;
1 y separately published work icon TEXT Special Issue Website Series Taste and, and in, Writing and Publishing no. 26 Donna Lee Brien (editor), Adele Wessell (editor), 2014 7354266 2014 periodical issue
1 Cookbooks: Writing, Reading and Publishing Culinary Literature in Australasia Donna Lee Brien , Adele Wessell , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , no. 24 2013; 'Cookbooks have recently attracted considerably scholarly attention for what they have to offer to the study of food and gastronomy. Cookbooks also feature in discussions about popular culture, gender and media, history, literature, ethnicity and national culture for the insights they provide on a range of subjects. This collection brings together a series of case studies which demonstrate different ways of looking at writing, reading and publishing cookbooks through the lens of different themes: culinary culture and gastronomy; historical perspectives; cookbooks as popular culture; and writing, publishing and selling cookbooks. Taken together, these articles reveal how cookbooks provide a range of insights into everyday life and community relationships. Equally they show that cookbooks are a wonderful example of material culture; they have historic and social value that make them important in both institutional and personal collections. The focus on Australasian examples makes a distinctive contribution to food studies as well as to food writing in our region.' (Authors introduction)
1 y separately published work icon TEXT : Special Issue Website Series Rewriting the Menu : The Cultural Dynamics of Contemporary Food Choices no. 9 October Donna Lee Brien (editor), Adele Wessell (editor), 2010 Z1742130 2010 periodical issue
1 2 y separately published work icon Caldera : Narrative Excursions Heather Wearne (editor), Adele Wessell (editor), Byron Bay : Caldera Press , 2003 Z1152073 2003 anthology criticism essay autobiography Caldera features writing by Peter Corris, Andrew Jones, Les Murray, Jan McKemmish, Maria Simms, Kate Ravenswood, Heather Wearne, Adele Wessell and Dove Rengger-Thorpe.
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