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The Populist Imaginary in David Ireland's The Unknown Industrial Prisoner and The Chosen
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 5 2006; (p. 58-71)Blaber argues that 'in the shift from processes of state-nationalist identities to post-nationalist ones there emerges an opportunity for the re-figuration of a populist imaginary and an associated populist politics. By populist imaginary, I refer to a form of nostalgia, underwritten by processes of reminiscence and anecdote, which creates a sense of the past that imagines a social and political order that at once simplifies and "restores" a way of life based in community or collectivity in the face of the changing understanding of the relationship between the national and the global.'
Blaber concludes, 'the felt presence of the populist imaginary must be understood as indicative of a return to, and a new iteration of, a foundational moment, suggesting that the question of national or collective identity can never be totally settled, and that identity is always a pattern of recurrence.'
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Fiction : Myriad Voices of a Small Australian Town Come to Life
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 12 no. 2 1998; (p. 115-116)
— Review of The Chosen 1997 single work novel -
[Review] The Chosen
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 43 no. 4 1998; (p. 139-142)
— Review of The Chosen 1997 single work novel -
Our Stories, Ourselves
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 42 no. 7-8 1998; (p. 115-116)
— Review of The Chosen 1997 single work novel ; Eucalyptus : A Novel 1998 single work novel -
Weaver's Tales
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 19 June no. 4968 1998; (p. 26)
— Review of The Chosen 1997 single work novel
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Dad and Dave Go Hippie
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 August 1997; (p. rev 10)
— Review of The Chosen 1997 single work novel -
A Tapestry of Broad Ideas
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 August 1997; (p. 9)
— Review of The Chosen 1997 single work novel -
Pyrotechnics in Introspect
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 August 1997; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of The Chosen 1997 single work novel -
Far from Canburrow
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 August 1997; (p. 11s)
— Review of The Chosen 1997 single work novel -
Threads of Lust Seen in Tapestry
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 August vol. 116 no. 6086 1997; (p. 77)
— Review of The Chosen 1997 single work novel -
The Populist Imaginary in David Ireland's The Unknown Industrial Prisoner and The Chosen
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 5 2006; (p. 58-71)Blaber argues that 'in the shift from processes of state-nationalist identities to post-nationalist ones there emerges an opportunity for the re-figuration of a populist imaginary and an associated populist politics. By populist imaginary, I refer to a form of nostalgia, underwritten by processes of reminiscence and anecdote, which creates a sense of the past that imagines a social and political order that at once simplifies and "restores" a way of life based in community or collectivity in the face of the changing understanding of the relationship between the national and the global.'
Blaber concludes, 'the felt presence of the populist imaginary must be understood as indicative of a return to, and a new iteration of, a foundational moment, suggesting that the question of national or collective identity can never be totally settled, and that identity is always a pattern of recurrence.'
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A Singular Man
1997
single work
biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 23 August 1997; (p. 42-45)
- Bush,
- Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
- Country towns,