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Seeking the Centre: The Australian Desert in Literature, Art and Film
Citation
Haynes, RD, Seeking the Centre: The Australian Desert in Literature, Art and Film, Cambridge University Press, United States, pp. 364. ISBN 9780521571111 (1999) [Authored Research Book]
Abstract
This is a book about the Australian desert and its central impact on Australian culture, from traditional Aboriginal art to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Starting with the Aboriginal understanding of the spiritual significance of the desert, it traces the attempts of the early colonists to conquer this alien space; the changing estimate of the inland explorers in fiction and art as heroes, failures, or psychological studies of obsession; the rediscovery of the desert in the twentieth century by travelers, artists, novelists, photographers and film makers; its interest for ecotourism and as a spiritual experience.
Item Details
Item Type: | Authored Research Book |
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Keywords: | literature, culture, Australia, film |
Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
Research Group: | Communication and Media Studies |
Research Field: | Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture |
UTAS Author: | Haynes, RD (Dr Roslynn Haynes) |
ID Code: | 121747 |
Year Published: | 1999 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2017-10-12 |
Last Modified: | 2017-10-12 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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