ABSTRACT

The contemporary study of Australian literature ranges widely across issues of general cultural studies, the politics of identity (both ethnic and gendered), and the position of Australia within wider postcolonial contexts. This volume intervenes in the most significant of issues in these areas from a variety of international perspectives.

chapter 2|20 pages

Cyberspace and Oz Lit

Mark Davis, Mckenzie Wark and the Re-Alignment of Australian Literature

chapter 6|17 pages

Misogyny, Muscles and Machines

Cars and Masculinity in Australian Literature

chapter 7|21 pages

May in September

Australian Literature as Anglophone Alternative