02830nam 2200733Ia 450 991095860610332120200520144314.09786613810656978128223291412822329169780889207004088920700310.51644/9780889207004(CKB)1000000000714101(EBL)685778(OCoLC)614475088(SSID)ssj0000344827(PQKBManifestationID)11254279(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344827(PQKBWorkID)10316055(PQKB)10230044(CaPaEBR)402468(CaBNvSL)jme00326926(MdBmJHUP)muse48097(Au-PeEL)EBL685778(CaPaEBR)ebr10147125(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/tfkvm1(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402468(MiAaPQ)EBC685778(MiAaPQ)EBC3246220(DE-B1597)667716(DE-B1597)9780889207004(Perlego)1706509(EXLCZ)99100000000071410119931209d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEccentric visions re constructing Australia /Gaile McGregor1st ed.Waterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Pressc19941 online resource (349 pages)Description based upon print version of record.9780889202290 088920229X Includes bibliography and index.CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 IMAGE/SELF-IMAGE; 3 COMING INTO THE COUNTRY; 4 ALTERNATIVE READINGS; 5 AFTER WORDS; APPENDIX A: ""Voice in the Wilderness"": A Note on Grounds and Precedents; APPENDIX B: Notes on Selected Australian Novels; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXWhat this book represents is, quite literally, a ""slice"" of (white) Australian life. By noting the patterns and parallels that emerge in a random sampling of social phenomena of widely varying types, from soap operas to political behaviour, Gaile McGregor has constructed a model that, in its challenge to uniformitarianism, is a test case in ethnographic theory.Reconstructing AustraliaAustralian literatureHistory and criticismAustraliaCivilization1976-1990AustraliaSocial conditions1976-Australian literatureHistory and criticism.994.063McGregor Gaile1943-1018662MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958606103321Eccentric visions4363529UNINA