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Demon Monsters or Misunderstood Casualties? Writing about Sharks in Australia
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: M/C Journal , vol. 24 no. 5 2021;'Over the past century, many books for general readers have styled sharks as “monsters of the deep” (Steele). In recent decades, however, at least some writers have also turned to representing how sharks are seriously threatened by human activities. At a time when media coverage of shark sightings seems ever increasing in Australia, scholarship has begun to consider people’s attitudes to sharks and how these are formed, investigating the representation of sharks (Peschak; Ostrovski et al.) in films (Le Busque and Litchfield; Neff; Schwanebeck), newspaper reports (Muter et al.), and social media (Le Busque et al., “An Analysis”). My own research into representations of surfing and sharks in Australian writing (Brien) has, however, revealed that, although reporting of shark sightings and human-shark interactions are prominent in the news, and sharks function as vivid and commanding images and metaphors in art and writing (Ellis; Westbrook et al.), little scholarship has investigated their representation in Australian books published for a general readership.' (Introduction)
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Pick of the Week
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 28 July 2012; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 July 2012; (p. 33)
— Review of Man in a Grey Suit 2012 single work autobiography -
Shark Attack's Victim a Beautiful Tale of Terror
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 31)
— Review of Man in a Grey Suit 2012 single work autobiography
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Shark Attack's Victim a Beautiful Tale of Terror
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 31)
— Review of Man in a Grey Suit 2012 single work autobiography -
Pick of the Week
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 28 July 2012; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 July 2012; (p. 33)
— Review of Man in a Grey Suit 2012 single work autobiography -
Demon Monsters or Misunderstood Casualties? Writing about Sharks in Australia
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: M/C Journal , vol. 24 no. 5 2021;'Over the past century, many books for general readers have styled sharks as “monsters of the deep” (Steele). In recent decades, however, at least some writers have also turned to representing how sharks are seriously threatened by human activities. At a time when media coverage of shark sightings seems ever increasing in Australia, scholarship has begun to consider people’s attitudes to sharks and how these are formed, investigating the representation of sharks (Peschak; Ostrovski et al.) in films (Le Busque and Litchfield; Neff; Schwanebeck), newspaper reports (Muter et al.), and social media (Le Busque et al., “An Analysis”). My own research into representations of surfing and sharks in Australian writing (Brien) has, however, revealed that, although reporting of shark sightings and human-shark interactions are prominent in the news, and sharks function as vivid and commanding images and metaphors in art and writing (Ellis; Westbrook et al.), little scholarship has investigated their representation in Australian books published for a general readership.' (Introduction)