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Contents
- A. M. Duncan-Kemp : Her Life and Work, single work criticism (p. 37-43, and notes 211-212)
- A Dying Race : The History and Fiction of Elizabeth Durack, single work criticism (p. 44-54, and notes 212)
- The Hero's Journey : Marxism, Morality and the Literature of Eric Lambert, single work criticism (p. 67-74, and notes 216-217)
- Wog Drama and White Multiculturalists : The Role of Non-Anglo-Australian Film and Television in Shaping National Identity, single work criticism (p. 104-108, and notes 223-224)
- Immigrant Irony and Embarrassment : Andrew Riemer's The Habsburg Cafe, single work criticism (p. 109-117, and notes 224-225)
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Manifestations of Masculinities : Mad Max and the Lure of the Forbidden Zone,
single work
criticism
'Max Rockatansky is both straight and the best driver on the roads, and the villains in Mad Max and Mad Max 2 are gay motorcyclists. The demonisation of bikies and homosexuals in the two films is an interesting trope—all the more so because it has passed almost without comment or debate. George Miller' pits Max, the heroic heterosexual cop against the homosexual 'baddies' in the Toecutter's gang and Lord Humungus' tribe. After the death of his best friend, wife and son, Max is repeatedly drawn into the unknown and unlawful world ofthe bikies. As agents of death heralding the coming of the apocalypse, the bikies are exiled to the Forbidden Zone and are manifested as both queer and dangerous. Max fords the bikies worthy and proficient rivals who ooze a tough and extremely muscular masculinity. This article examines Max's quest to exterminate the rogue bikies and how Max's body becomes a contested site which both propels the narrative and offers itself up to mutilation and the gaze.'
Source: Abstract.
- "The Coming Australienne" : Landscape and Gender in Furphy's Nationalist Thought, single work criticism (p. 144-151, and notes 228-229)
- That Men May Rise on Stepping Stones: Walter Bentley and the Australasian Stage 1891-1927, single work biography (p. 152-161, 230-231)
- Cultural Determinants : The Publishing House and the Australian Literary Estate 1960-1980, single work criticism (p. 162-171, and notes 231-233)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Story / Telling 2001 anthology criticism ; Journal of Australian Studies no. 67 2001 periodical issue
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Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Story / Telling 2001 anthology criticism ; Journal of Australian Studies no. 67 2001 periodical issue