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Being Australian Narratives of national identity

Being Australian Narratives of national identity

After a century of speculation by writers filmmakers travelers and scholars being Australian' has become a recognisable shorthand for a group of national characteristics. Now in an era of international terrorism being seen as un-Australian' has become a potent rhetorical weapon for some and a badge of honour for others. Catriona Elder explores the origins meaning and effects of the many stories we tell about ourselves and how they have changed over time. She outlines some of the traditional stories and their role in Australian nationalism and she shows how concepts of egalitarianism peaceful settlement and sporting prowess have been used to create a national identity. Elder also investigates the cultural and social perspectives that have been used to critique dominant accounts of Australian identity including ideas of class gender sexuality ethnicity and race. She shows how these critiques have been in turn queried in recent years. Being Australian is an ideal introduction to studying Australia for anyone interested in understanding Australian society culture and history. | Being Australian Narratives of national identity

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The Present in Linguistic Expressions of Temporality Case Studies from Australian English and Indigenous Australian Languages

The Present in Linguistic Expressions of Temporality Case Studies from Australian English and Indigenous Australian Languages

This book offers a comprehensive examination of Present Time Expressions (PTEs) illustrating how a more informed understanding of their semantic and pragmatic representations can offer unique insights into the temporal systems of languages. The volume takes as its point of departure the notion that tenses aspectual viewpoint markers and temporal expressions have a semantic meaning which is further pragmatically enriched and manipulated in use by speakers. Building on this foundation the book introduces current theories on the linguistic expression of temporality toward better highlighting the need for further understanding of PTEs encompassing tenses of the present and words such as ‘now. ’ The volume draws on data from Australian English and Indigenous Australian languages to support its goal of arriving at a theory of the flexibility of uses of PTEs and their centrality in language and highlight the implications for future research on pragmatic and semantic change. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in semantics pragmatics discourse analysis and philosophy of language as well as those interested in research on Indigenous Australian Languages and Australian English. | The Present in Linguistic Expressions of Temporality Case Studies from Australian English and Indigenous Australian Languages

GBP 130.00
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National Fictions Literature film and the construction of Australian narrative

National Fictions Literature film and the construction of Australian narrative

National Fictions is a study of Australian literature and film. It is also a study of Australian culture viewing the novels and films as products of a specific culture - as narratives with similar structures functions forms and meanings. It covers a wide range of texts offering both close analysis and an account of their place within the system of meanings the book proposes as dominant in Australian culture. The second edition of this influential work includes a new Afterword which traces recent changes in Australian literature and film examining the growth of women's writing and popular fiction as well as current trends in Australian cinema. Turner asks whether these developments really mark a shift in the Australian narrative and whether it is still possible to speak in terms of a national culture. '. a ground-clearing book. a seminal work setting an agenda for cultural studies beyond the stockyards and croquet lawns of literary criticism. ' - David Carter Australian Literary Studies'As a global syncretist Turner is without peer. ' - Stuart Cunningham Media Information Australia | National Fictions Literature film and the construction of Australian narrative

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The Migrant Presence Australian Responses 1947-1977

The Migrant Presence Australian Responses 1947-1977

This classic work in Australian sociology examines the way in which Australian institutions have responded to the influx of migrants of non-Anglo-Saxon origin. Until the end of the sixties the typical Australian reaction was that these migrants could be and were being assimilated into the mainstream of British-Australian society and culture. At the end of the sixties both the assimilationist philosophy and the claim of successful and effortless absorption came into question and migrants of non-English speaking background began to be defined as problems. Now in a third phase migrants themselves are rejecting the notion that they are above all problems or people with problems. Instead they are asserting their rights and dignity as legitimate minorities in an ethnically plural society. The author goes on to trace in detail the response of the institutions of education health and the trade unions to 'the migrant presence'. 'Well written well presented well documented and challenging. ' - C. A. Price The National Times'Well written sympathetic to the point of anger and should be included in any course on Australian society or public policy. an invaluable contribution. ' - James Jupp Politics | The Migrant Presence Australian Responses 1947-1977

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Global Heating and the Australian Far Right

Global Heating and the Australian Far Right

Global Heating and the Australian Far Right examines the environmental politics of far-right actors and movements in Australia exploring their broader political context and responses to climate change. The book traces the development of far-right pseudo-environmentalism and territorial politics from colonial genocide and Australian nationalism to extreme-right political violence. Through a critical analysis of news and social media it reveals how denialist and resignatory attitudes towards climate change operate alongside extreme right accelerationism in a wider Australian political context characterised by reactionary fossil fuel politics and neoliberal New Right climate change agendas. The authors scrutinise the manipulation of environmental politics by contemporary Australian far- and extreme-right actors in cross-national online media. They also assess the political-ideological context of the contemporary far right addressing intergovernmental approaches to security threats connected to the far right and climate change and the emergence of radical environmentalist traditions in ‘New Catastrophism’ literature. The conclusion synthesises key insights analysing the mainstreaming of ethnonationalist and authoritarian responses to global heating and potential future trajectories of far-right movements exploiting the climate crisis. It also emphasises the necessity for radical political alternatives to counter the far right’s exploitation of climate change. This book will be of interest to researchers of climate change the far right neoliberal capitalism extremism and Australian politics.

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Intersectional Lives Chinese Australian Women in White Australia

Intersectional Lives Chinese Australian Women in White Australia

Intersectional Lives explores the varied experiences of Chinese Australian females across time and place during the White Australia Policy era (1901-1973). Chinese Australian women’s personal reflections are examined alongside postcolonial feminist readings of official records to illustrate how their everyday lives were influenced by multiple and fluid identities and subject positions including migrant mother daughter wife student worker entrepreneur and cultural custodian. This book provides new ways to conceptualise Chinese females in the diaspora as gendered classed culturally varied and racialised individuals with multiple forms of oppression agency and mobility. It offers a revision of patriarchal understandings of Chinese Australian history and broader understandings of overseas Chinese migrations and settlement experiences. It also demonstrates how historical geography informed by postcolonial feminist approaches can facilitate more nuanced understandings of past (and present) times and places that include women’s diverse experiences at the domestic local national and international scale. This book will appeal to social and cultural geographers with additional audiences of interest in history and historical geography ethnic and racial studies gender studies diaspora studies migration studies and gender and feminist studies. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4. 0 license. | Intersectional Lives Chinese Australian Women in White Australia

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Cosmological Readings of Contemporary Australian Literature Unsettling the Anthropocene

Cosmological Readings of Contemporary Australian Literature Unsettling the Anthropocene

This book presents an innovative and imaginative reading of contemporary Australian literature in the context of unprecedented ecological crisis. The Australian continent has seen significant rapid changes to its cultures and land-use from the impact of British colonial rule yet there is a rich history of Indigenous land-ethics and cosmological thought. By using the age-old idea of ‘cosmos’—the order of the world—to foreground ideas of a good order and chaos reciprocity and more-than-human agency this book interrogates the Anthropocene in Australia focusing on notions of colonisation farming mining bioethics technology environmental justice and sovereignty. It offers ‘cosmological readings’ of a diverse range of authors—Indigenous and non-Indigenous—as a challenge to the Anthropocene’s decline-narrative. As a result it reactivates ‘cosmos’ as an ethical vision and a transculturally important counter-concept to the Anthropocene. Kathrin Bartha-Mitchell argues that the arts can help us envision radical cosmologies of being in and with the planet and to address the very real social and environmental problems of our era. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Ecocriticism Environmental Humanities and postcolonial transcultural and Indigenous studies with a primary focus on Australian New Zealand Oceanic and Pacific area studies. | Cosmological Readings of Contemporary Australian Literature Unsettling the Anthropocene

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Australian Women's Justice Settler Colonisation and the Queensland Vote

Australian Women's Justice Settler Colonisation and the Queensland Vote

This book explores how women spearheaded the democratic suffrage campaign in colonial Queensland engaging with international debates on women’s activism leadership advocacy print culture and social movements. Australian Women's Justice provides a nuanced reading of the diversity and differences of the women’s movement in Queensland from the time of first white colonisation federation to World War 1 by new research on key women’s organisations: notably the Women’s Equal Franchise Association and the Women’s Peace Army. Framed through the lives of women suffrage participants including their encounters with First Nations women it also looks beyond microhistory to explore broader themes of the intersection of race gender property war and empire in the colonial context. Campaigns for enfranchisement and property rights and against conscription connect this story with larger international movements for women and labour and organisations such as the League of Nations. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of Australian feminism and suffragism as well as historians of feminist labour and peace movements both in Australia and internationally. | Australian Women's Justice Settler Colonisation and the Queensland Vote

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The Making and Breaking of the Australian Family

The Making and Breaking of the Australian Family

Once everyone knew what the family was. It was something natural and without a history - mum dad and the kids. Divorce women in the workforce de facto relationships and the sexual liberation movements have fractured the old certainties. Nowadays there is more talk about the family than ever even if no-one is quite sure what it is anymore. The making and breaking of the Australian family looks at the family in history. It traces the shift from the household economy of the late nineteenth century to the child-centred nuclear family of the mid-twentieth century to the recent proliferation of households. The book argues that the so-called traditional family was a quite recent creation and that its fragmentation is obscured by new redefinitions of the family. The making and breaking of the Australian family addresses the changing experiences of childhood parenting home neighbourhood work birth and sexuality. It examines the expansion of the market and the state patterns of class mobilisation the reconstruction of masculinity and femininity and the creative strategies of ordinary people in everyday life. This is a lively and accessible book which will prove a valuable reference for students of history sociology women's studies and Australian studies and will generate wide discussion amongst people concerned with family policy welfare and contemporary social issues.

GBP 130.00
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Health Promotion Principles and practice in the Australian context

Health Promotion Principles and practice in the Australian context

'An excellent introduction to the theory and practice of health promotion in a developed country such as Australia'From the foreword by Professor Brian OldenburgThis widely used text offers a comprehensive overview of the field of health promotion. Drawing on current Australian and international research the authors provide a detailed review of health promotion principles. They demonstrate how these principles fit into the broader public health context and how they can be integrated into practice in a range of settings including the workplace schools rural communities Indigenous communities and health care organisations. The authors also include a step-by-step guide to program management from planning to evaluation. This third edition includes new material on the use of evidence in health promotion practice and on the increasing importance of an ecological perspective. The text has been fully revised with new data and case studies and planning models have been updated to reflect current practice. Health Promotion is an essential text for students and a valuable resource for health professionals. | Health Promotion Principles and practice in the Australian context

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Making It National Nationalism and Australian popular culture

Making It National Nationalism and Australian popular culture

Making it National argues that we need to rethink the way national identity is constructed in Australia today. Graeme Turner takes a series of recent instances - the mythologising of Bond and the larrikin entrepreneurs the Spycatcher trials Maralinga and the Bicentenary - showing how popular images of national identity are used to serve specific rather than national interests. 'Graeme Turner's writing has a remarkable power to engage its readers with all the immediacy vividness and drama of our very best journalism while putting cultural theory to work in new and creative ways. ' - Meaghan Morris'Making it National could be to the 1990s what Richard White's Inventing Australia was to the 1980s. ' - Tony Bennett Institute for Cultural Policy Studies Griffith University | Making It National Nationalism and Australian popular culture

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Australian Perspectives on Global Air and Space Power Past Present Future

Australian Perspectives on Global Air and Space Power Past Present Future

This book surveys historical and emerging global air and space power issues and provides a multidisciplinary understanding of the application of air and space power in the past and present while exploring potential future challenges that global air forces may face. Bringing together leading and emerging academics professionals and military personnel from Australia within the field of air and space power this edited collection traces the evolution of technological innovations as well as the ethical and cultural frameworks which have informed the development of air and space power in the 20th and 21st centuries and contemplates the future. It covers topics such as the insurgents' use of drones the ethics of air strikes the privatisation of air power the historical trajectory of air power strategy and the sociological implications of an ‘air force’ identity. While many of the chapters use Australian-based case studies for their analysis they have broader applicability to a global readership and several chapters examine other nations’ experiences including those of the United States and the United Kingdom. This accessible illuminating book is an important addition to contemporary air and space power literature and will be of great interest to students and scholars of air and space power air warfare military and international history defence studies and contemporary strategic studies as well as military professionals. | Australian Perspectives on Global Air and Space Power Past Present Future

GBP 120.00
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The Corporatization and Environmental Sustainability of Australian Universities A Critical Perspective

The Corporatization and Environmental Sustainability of Australian Universities A Critical Perspective

Analysing the juxtaposition of two trends in universities – corporatisation and environmental sustainability – this book explores how they are more contradictory than compatible. Hans A Baer argues that this contradiction is unavoidable because of the capitalist parameters in which they operate including a commitment to on-going economic growth which contributes to social inequality environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. Drawing on archival sources and Baer’s experiences in university sustainability forums the book exposes how what universities claim to do in relation to environmental sustainability compares with their research educational operational and institutional activities. Presenting a critique of and a radical alternative to the status quo this book is suitable for academics and students of anthropology environmental studies and higher education. | The Corporatization and Environmental Sustainability of Australian Universities A Critical Perspective

GBP 130.00
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Working-Class Masculinities in Australian Higher Education Policies Pathways and Progress

Working-Class Masculinities in Australian Higher Education Policies Pathways and Progress

This book takes a critical view of masculinities through an investigation of first-in-family males transitioning to higher education. Drawing on six in-depth longitudinal case studies the focus is on how young men from working-class backgrounds engage with complex social inequalities as well as the various capitals they draw upon to ensure their success. Through the longitudinal approach the work problematises the rhetoric of ‘poverty of aspirations’ and foregrounds how class and gender influence the lives and futures of these young men. The book demonstrates how the aspirations of these young men are influenced by a complex interplay between race/ethnicity religion masculinity and social class. Finally the book draws connections between the lived experiences of the participants and the implications for policy and practice in higher education. Drawn from a larger research project each case study compels the reader to think critically regarding masculinities in relation to social practices institutional arrangements and cultural ideologies. This is essential reading for those interested in widening participation in higher education gender theory/masculinities longitudinal research and social justice. | Working-Class Masculinities in Australian Higher Education Policies Pathways and Progress

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Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation General Topics African and Australian Botanical Gardens Volume 1

Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation General Topics African and Australian Botanical Gardens Volume 1

Approaching the contributions of a world-wide sector of scientific institutions to addressing the extinction crisis Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation brings together a diversity of perspectives. There are more than 3 600 botanical gardens worldwide where trees shrubs herbs and other plants are studied and managed in collections. They are foremost among efforts to conserve the diversity of living plant species and ensure that crucial biodiversity is available for the future of humanity. This book is a showcase for plant conservation restoration biodiversity and related scientific and educational work of botanical gardens around the world featuring both thematic overview chapters and numerous case studies that illustrate the critical role these institutions play in fighting extinction and ensuring plant diversity is available for sustainable use. FEATURES A wide range of case studies derived from practical experience in a diversity of institutional national and biogeographical settings Reviews of topics such as networking amongst institutions the importance of global policy agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Profiles of botanical gardens contributions at the national level to conservation priorities Real-world examples of programs in plant conservation for both critically endangered wild plant diversity and unique horticultural or cultural germplasm. Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation includes contributions from institutions from Africa Asia Australia Europe and the Americas and institutions of all sizes and histories from long-established national gardens to new gardens offering their perspectives on developing their roles in this vital undertaking. | Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation General Topics African and Australian Botanical Gardens Volume 1

GBP 120.00
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The Politics and Culture of Globalisation India and Australia

The Politics and Culture of Globalisation India and Australia

We experience the culture of globalisation every time we visit a Tandoori restaurant in Chicago or a Pizza Hut in Hyderabad or as we watch Bollywood films in Australia. Globalisation is a label used for a wide range of political social and cultural phenomena many of which are explored in this volume. The Politics and Culture of Globalisation: India and Australia brings together Indian and Australian experts in the fields of political science international relations philosophy cultural theory and political economy. Its timeliness and unifying theme derive from comparisons between Indian and Australian perspectives and analyses by Australian writers on developments in India. Indian-Australian relations are explored in several chapters. The neo-liberal form of globalisation is a key focus of critique in this volume. Several chapters examine the search for alternative forms of governance as the nation-state undergoes profound change due to global interconnectedness. | The Politics and Culture of Globalisation India and Australia

GBP 130.00
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Inventing Australia

Inventing Australia

'To be Australian': what can that mean? Inventing Australia sets out to find the answers by tracing the images we have used to describe our land and our people - the convict hell the workingman's paradise the Bush legend the 'typical' Australian from the shearer to the Bondi lifesaver the land of opportunity the small rich industrial country the multicultural society. The book argues that these images rather than describing an especially Australian reality grow out of assumptions about nature race class democracy sex and empire and are 'invented' to serve the interests of particular groups. There have been many books about Australia's national identity; this is the first to place the discussion within an historical context to explain how Australians' views of themselves change and why these views change in the way they do.

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Subterranean Imaginaries and Groundwater Narratives

Subterranean Imaginaries and Groundwater Narratives

This book interrogates the problems of how and why largely unseen matter in this case groundwater has found limited expression in climate fiction. It explores key considerations for writing groundwater narratives in the Anthropocene. The book investigates a unique selection of climate fiction alongside an exploration of hydrosocial environmental humanities through a focus on groundwater and groundwater narratives. Providing eco-critical analysis with creative fiction and non-fiction excerpts interwoven throughout and drawing on Indigenous Australian and Australian settler novels and poems alongside European American and Japanese texts the book illuminates the processes of ‘storying with’ subterranean waters – their facts uncertainties potencies and vulnerabilities. In a time when the water crisis in an Australian and worldwide context is escalating in response to global warming giving voice to the complexities of groundwater extraction and pollution is vital. Drawing from non-representational posthumanist and feminist perspectives the book provides an important contribution to transnational comparative climate fiction analysis enabling an interdisciplinary exchange between hydrogeological science and the eco-humanities. This book is an engaging read for scholars and students in creative writing environmental humanities cultural and post-colonial studies Australian studies and eco-critical literary studies. Writers and thinkers addressing the problems of the Anthropocene are called to pay attention to the importance of subterranean imaginaries and groundwater narratives.

GBP 130.00
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An Unruly Child A history of law in Australia

An Unruly Child A history of law in Australia

'This is a provocative re-examination of our legal history appearing at a time when Australians are reconsidering both their past and their future. ' - The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG President of the New South Wales Court of AppealThe imperial view of Australian law was that it was a weak derivative of English law. In An Unruly Child Bruce Kercher rewrites history. He reveals that since 1788 there has been a contest between the received legal wisdom of Mother England and her sometimes unruly offspring. The resulting law often suited local interests but was not always more just. Kercher also shows that law has played a major role in Australian social history. From the convict settlements and the Eureka stockade in the early years to the Harvester Judgement the White Australia Policy and most recently the Mabo case central themes of Australian history have been framed by the legal system. An Unruly Child is a groundbreaking work which will influence our understanding of Australia's history and its legal system. | An Unruly Child A history of law in Australia

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Salter CC-804 Electronic Coin Scale - 402

Salter CC-804 Electronic Coin Scale - 402

This Money Counting Scale from Salter has a coin weight capacity of 2000g via its ABS plastic coin tray and can count coins in accumulations of quantity, value and weight. Able to count Sterling, Euro, Japanese, Australian, Botswanan and other programmable coin denominations up to an accuracy of +/- 3 divisions. A display of 15mm high gives a clear view of the information. Can be powered via 4 AA batteries or UK mains (both included). The coin tray measures 175mm by 180mm. Counts coins via quantity, value, and weight (kg and lb) accumulations Pre-installed currencies include Sterling, Euro, Australian, Japanese, Botswanan and more Large clear 15mm high LCD display Includes ABS plastic coin tray W175mm x L180mm Powered via UK mains or 4 x AA batteries (included) Suitable for the new one pound coin

GBP 114.99
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