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During the 1990s Cate Kennedy worked in Mexico as a volunteer with Australian Volunteers Abroad assisting with a rural-development organisation.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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International Solidarity, Volunteer Tourism and Travel Writing : Mexico and Central America in Spanish and English
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 56 2019; 'This article discusses the intersection of ethnographic, reflexive and anecdotal styles in travel writing produced out of contemporary international volunteer tourism, and analyses the impact of volunteer tourism on the production of a narrating subject and on the representation of host communities. The comparison of a primary work in Spanish (Herminia Esteban’s 2004 Un viaje solidario) with one in English (Cate Kennedy’s 2005 Sing, and Don’t Cry) allows us to better understand the specific historical, cultural and linguistic dimensions of different routes and encounters, as well as travel writing’s potential – and its limitations – in expressing a broader critique of global inequality. The texts are analysed to foreground the quotidian aspects of mobility and degree of authorial transparency regarding the terms under which volunteer activities take place. Extending from this analysis of the authors’ reflexivity, awareness and expression of critical engagement, the article explores the nature of representation in the narration of encounters between privilege and poverty, and frames these in relation to the ethical dimensions of contemporary practices of solidarity-based volunteer travel.' (Publication abstract) -
[Review] Sing, and Don't Cry
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , no. 112 2009; (p. 36)
— Review of Sing, and Don't Cry : A Mexican Journal 2005 single work autobiography -
[Review] Sing, and Don't Cry
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 14 2009; (p. 54)
— Review of Sing, and Don't Cry : A Mexican Journal 2005 single work autobiography -
Tears and cheers : Tony Birch Reveals the Books that Tested His Emotions
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 18 March 2006; (p. 28) -
Furniture or Must-Reads?
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 181 2005; (p. 69-72)
— Review of A Case of Knives 2005 single work novel ; Sing, and Don't Cry : A Mexican Journal 2005 single work autobiography ; Grace 2005 single work novel ; The Broken Shore 2005 single work novel ; After the Party 2005 single work novel
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Journeying Outside Our Cultural Comfort Zone
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 14 August 2005; (p. 19)
— Review of Sing, and Don't Cry : A Mexican Journal 2005 single work autobiography -
[Review] Sing, and Don't Cry
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , August vol. 85 no. 2 2005; (p. 25)
— Review of Sing, and Don't Cry : A Mexican Journal 2005 single work autobiography -
In Short : Non-Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 September 2005; (p. 23)
— Review of The Magician's Son 2005 single work autobiography ; Babes in the Bush : The Making of an Australian Image 2005 single work criticism ; Sing, and Don't Cry : A Mexican Journal 2005 single work autobiography -
The Kindness of Strangers
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 274 2005; (p. 28)
— Review of Sing, and Don't Cry : A Mexican Journal 2005 single work autobiography -
Shorts: Travel
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 December 2005; (p. 16)
— Review of I'm Not Eating Any of That Foreign Muck : Travels With Me Dad 2005 single work autobiography ; Pray for Me in Santiago : Walking the Ancient Pilgrim Road to Santiago de Compostela 2005 single work autobiography ; Sing, and Don't Cry : A Mexican Journal 2005 single work autobiography ; Spain by the Horns 2005 single work autobiography -
Outside the Comfort Zone
2005
single work
biography
— Appears in: Eureka Street , November-December vol. 15 no. 8 2005; (p. 24-25) -
Tears and cheers : Tony Birch Reveals the Books that Tested His Emotions
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 18 March 2006; (p. 28) -
International Solidarity, Volunteer Tourism and Travel Writing : Mexico and Central America in Spanish and English
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 56 2019; 'This article discusses the intersection of ethnographic, reflexive and anecdotal styles in travel writing produced out of contemporary international volunteer tourism, and analyses the impact of volunteer tourism on the production of a narrating subject and on the representation of host communities. The comparison of a primary work in Spanish (Herminia Esteban’s 2004 Un viaje solidario) with one in English (Cate Kennedy’s 2005 Sing, and Don’t Cry) allows us to better understand the specific historical, cultural and linguistic dimensions of different routes and encounters, as well as travel writing’s potential – and its limitations – in expressing a broader critique of global inequality. The texts are analysed to foreground the quotidian aspects of mobility and degree of authorial transparency regarding the terms under which volunteer activities take place. Extending from this analysis of the authors’ reflexivity, awareness and expression of critical engagement, the article explores the nature of representation in the narration of encounters between privilege and poverty, and frames these in relation to the ethical dimensions of contemporary practices of solidarity-based volunteer travel.' (Publication abstract)
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Subjects:
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cMexico,cCentral America, Americas,
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