ABSTRACT

Focuses on a series of interactions and exchanges - whether philosophical, political, aesthetic, or commercial - between Australia and the cultures of the Asia-Pacific region.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|12 pages

The ‘Impossible' Aesthetic

Asia and Australian Visual Arts

chapter 3|19 pages

Postmodern Tristesse or Transacting Authenticity in Strange Places

Dennis O'Rourke's The Good Woman of Bangkok

chapter 4|18 pages

The Orphan Complex

An Australian Myth Travels to Asia

chapter 5|13 pages

Screening the Other Woman

Pozzan and Bretherton's As the Mirror Burns

chapter 7|21 pages

Re-Inventing the Killing Fields

Australian Press Coverage of Cambodia

chapter 9|19 pages

Looking for Love (In All the Wrong Places)

The Production of Thailand in Recent Australian Cinema

chapter 10|14 pages

The Australian Tourist Novel