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Neither travel-writing nor reportage, neither exotica nor history, Semar's Cave, Mateer's long-awaited first work of prose, is what may be expected of a writer of his calibre - an understated yet challenging reflection on the ethics of travel, writing and being Australian in Indonesia.

Notes

  • Epigraph: our flesh will be one, our souls one
    even when they are far apart
    what pierces you will make me bleed
    (One, Sutardji Calzoum Bachri [trans. Harry Aveling])

Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Medan, North Sumatrai"Be careful,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 29)
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“Dreaming of the Empire of Nostalgia” : John Mateer’s Southern Barbarians Andreia Sarabando , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association of Studies on Australia, , vol. 3 no. 2 2012; (p. 20-31) 'This article deals with the politics of observing and commenting on "elsewhere" in John Mateer's "Portuguese collection" of poetry, Southern Barbarians (2011), with particular recourse to Marc Augé's anthropological theories of places and non-places. It also attempts to establish connections between Mateer's perceptions of Portugal and questions related to a Portuguese national identity as formulated by contemporary cultural commentators (Eduardo Lourenço, José Gil, Boaventura de Sousa Santos). In doing so, an exploration of the relationship between Portugal and Australia becomes inevitable.' (Author's abstract)
Australian ‘Immersion’ Narratives : Memoirs of Contemporary Language Travel Mary Besemeres , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Transnational Ties : Australian Lives in the World 2009; (p. 245-257) Mary Besmeres examines 'three Australian texts—Gillian Bouras's A Foreign Wife (1986), Sarah Turnbull's Almost French: A New Life in Paris (2002) and John Mateer's Semar's Cave: An Indonesian Journal (2004)—drawing attention to what appear to be some common cultural assumptions in the authors' accounts of their interactions with speakers of languages other than English.' (p. 245)
Untitled Glen Hooper , 2007-2008 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 15 no. 1 2007-2008; (p. 55-56)
— Review of Semar's Cave : An Indonesian Journal John Mateer , 2004 single work prose
A Quirky Look at Australia's Northern Neighbor Nicholas Birns , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 214)
— Review of Semar's Cave : An Indonesian Journal John Mateer , 2004 single work prose
Untitled David Callahan , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , March vol. 1 no. 1 2006;
— Review of Semar's Cave : An Indonesian Journal John Mateer , 2004 single work prose
Miscellany Tony Maniaty , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 July - 1 August 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Semar's Cave : An Indonesian Journal John Mateer , 2004 single work prose
Memoir Lorien Kaye , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 September 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of Semar's Cave : An Indonesian Journal John Mateer , 2004 single work prose
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— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 49 no. 2004; (p. 96-114)
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Nice People Like Us Kiera Lindsey , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 266 2004; (p. 47-48)
— Review of Semar's Cave : An Indonesian Journal John Mateer , 2004 single work prose
Untitled Mads Clausen , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , December no. 29 2004;
— Review of Semar's Cave : An Indonesian Journal John Mateer , 2004 single work prose
Passage to Indonesia A. Frances Johnson , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 64 no. 4 2005; (p. 60-69)
Australian ‘Immersion’ Narratives : Memoirs of Contemporary Language Travel Mary Besemeres , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Transnational Ties : Australian Lives in the World 2009; (p. 245-257) Mary Besmeres examines 'three Australian texts—Gillian Bouras's A Foreign Wife (1986), Sarah Turnbull's Almost French: A New Life in Paris (2002) and John Mateer's Semar's Cave: An Indonesian Journal (2004)—drawing attention to what appear to be some common cultural assumptions in the authors' accounts of their interactions with speakers of languages other than English.' (p. 245)
“Dreaming of the Empire of Nostalgia” : John Mateer’s Southern Barbarians Andreia Sarabando , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association of Studies on Australia, , vol. 3 no. 2 2012; (p. 20-31) 'This article deals with the politics of observing and commenting on "elsewhere" in John Mateer's "Portuguese collection" of poetry, Southern Barbarians (2011), with particular recourse to Marc Augé's anthropological theories of places and non-places. It also attempts to establish connections between Mateer's perceptions of Portugal and questions related to a Portuguese national identity as formulated by contemporary cultural commentators (Eduardo Lourenço, José Gil, Boaventura de Sousa Santos). In doing so, an exploration of the relationship between Portugal and Australia becomes inevitable.' (Author's abstract)
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Last amended 20 Feb 2006 11:46:07
Subjects:
  • Medan, Sumatera,
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    Indonesia,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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