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'In his novels, Carey entitles women, the doubly colonized sex in Australian cultural history, to a voice in history and re-inscribes them into the Australian tradition. His novels feature all sorts of strong-willed and charismatic women: Lucinda and Eliabeth Leplastrier in Oscar and Lucinda, the snake-dancer Leah Goldstein and Phoebe McGrath in Illywhacker, Ellen Kelly in True History of the Kelly Gang, Mercy Larkin in Jack Maggs and Felicity Smith in The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith. They all stand their ground in an essentially hostile patriarchal society. With these female characters the author not only reallocates those of his biographee's character traits traditionally associated with a particular sex, but he also actually rewrites the roles of men and especially women have played in Australian history.' (p. 237)
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The Real Matilda : Re-Inscribing the 'Pygmies' of Australian Culture
Subjects:
- Jack Maggs 1997 single work novel
- Illywhacker 1985 single work novel
- Oscar and Lucinda 1988 single work novel
- True History of the Kelly Gang 2000 single work novel
- The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith 1994 single work novel
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