Just words? : Australian authors writing for justice /

"Can words make Australia a better place? Can writing help to inform a collective national consciousness? Over the past decade Australians have witnessed a significant shift to more insular and conservative economic, ethical and cultural norms"--Page 4 of cover.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brennan, Bernadette (Bernadette M.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2008.
Temas:
Australian literature > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Australia > History.
Justice in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Littérature australienne > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > Australie > Histoire.
Justice dans la littérature.
Morale dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY > Australia & New Zealand.
Australian literature
Ethics in literature
Justice in literature
Politics and literature
Australia
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; About the Author; Title page; Contents; Introduction; Art in a time of crisis; Writing in an 'Age of Terror'; In praise of political fiction; Just poetry; My journey through Stolen; Speaking shadows: Justice and the poetic; Boring humanist bodies; Aboriginal children's literature: More thanjust pretty pictures; Writing for performance: Privilege, politicsand goose bumps; Travelling towards ourselves:Rights and recognition in Clara Law'sLetters to Ali; An island home; Writing: Seeking justice and truth amidst theimperfect good and the necessary; Acknowledgments; Notes on contributors.
  • Endnotes.

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