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| Sonst. Personen | Willett, Graham (Hrsg.) |
|---|---|
| Titel | Thinking down under. Australian politics, society and culture in transition. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Gedanken zu Australien. Australische Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur im Wandel. |
| Quelle | Trier: Wissenschaftl. Verl. Trier (2006), 247 S. |
| Beigaben | Abbildungen |
| Zusatzinformation | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
| ISBN | 978-3-88476-855-6 |
| Schlagwörter | Kultur; Gesellschaft; Identität; Schule; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft; AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome); Menschenrechte; Politik; Sozioökonomischer Wandel; Transformation; Sport; Einkommen; Arbeitslosigkeit; Reform; Indigenes Volk; Australien; Pazifischer Raum |
| Abstract | "When Europeans think about Australia they often draw upon a mélange of tourist promotion images (vast empty beaches and the Outback) and newsworthy events (sporting successes, racist riots). Academically, attention has tended to focus an literature, film and cultural studies, with a smattering of Indigenous Studies. This volume shifts that focus, looking at Australian politics and society, and at the transformations that they have undergone in recent decades. From big-picture pieces to micro-studies, the contributors to Thinking Down Under (both Australians and Germans) draw upon a variety of methodologies to address the big issues of everyday life - unemployment, education and housing - as well as political shake-ups and constitutional debates. AIDS, refugees, multiculturalism and the rise of the right are examined. Studies of political journalism, industrial disputes and political activism, of cinema and history-making contribute to a rich exploration of a complex and evolving society. This is a volume that will help Europeans - and Australians - to think differently about the Land Down Under." (author's abstract). Contents: Sean Butler: 'MUA: Here to Stay!' An Outsider an the Picket Lines (5-20); Francesco Cattani: 'They're so Australian': Alan Seymour's Revision of Australian Identity (21-28); John Chesterman: Majority Rules: Rights Protection in Modern Australia (29-44); Michael K. Connors: Acting Up: AIDS and the Politics of Direct Action (45-58); Martin Forsey: Australian Public Schools and the Eloquent Fiction of the Free Market (59-74); Lech Keller-Krawczyk: The Effects of Socio-Economic Changes in Australia, 1984-2004 (75-86); Jane Mulcock: 'Welcome to my Dreaming Place': Landscape, Identity and Settler Belonging in Contemporary Australia (87-104); Vivienne Nicholson: Citzen to Customer: The Transformation of Victoria in the 1990s (105-118); David Roberts: From Public to Private: Economic Rationalism and Affordable Housing for Indigenous and Low-Income South Australians (119-134); Anja Schwarz: Re-Iterated Arrivals: Re-Enacting Cook's First Voyage of Discovery an Board The Ship (135-154); Paul Sendziuk: 'Things Haven't Been the Same Since the Grim Reaper Came Knocking': AIDS as an Agent of Change (155-172); Tatjana Seserko: Most [The Bridge] Intermedia Performance (173-182); Helen Smith: The New Matilda Project: How Much Can an Online Political Magazine Add to the Debate and Develop Policy? (183-194); Helen Smith: Refugees, Cricket and Trust: Spare Rooms for Refugees (195-206); Gwenda Tavan: 'Two Steps Forward, One Step Back': Australian Multiculturalism during the Howard Years (207-220); Inga von Kurnatowski: Contemporary Australian Cinema and the Grotesque (221-230); Graham Willett: What the Right Got Right (231-244). |
| Erfasst von | GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim |
| Update | 2008/1 |
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