Just words? [[electronic resource] ] : Australian authors writing for justice / / edited by Bernadette Brennan

• Pubblicazione: St Lucia, Qld., : University of Queensland Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9994; 809.93353
• Soggetto topico: Australian literature - History and criticism; Politics and literature - Australia - History; Justice in literature; Ethics in literature
• Altri autori: BrennanBernadette (Bernadette M.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references (p. [193]- 200).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; About the Author; Title page; Contents; Introduction; Art in a time of crisis; Writing in an 'Age of Terror'; In praise of political fiction; Just poetry; My journey through Stolen; Speaking shadows: Justice and the poetic; Boring humanist bodies; Aboriginal children's literature: More thanjust pretty pictures; Writing for performance: Privilege, politicsand goose bumps; Travelling towards ourselves:Rights and recognition in Clara Law'sLetters to Ali; An island home; Writing: Seeking justice and truth amidst theimperfect good and the necessary; Acknowledgments; Notes on contributors ; Endnotes
• Sommario/riassunto: "Can words make Australia a better place? Can writing help to inform a collective national consciousness? Over the past decade Australians have witnessed a significant shift to more insular and conservative economic, ethical and cultural norms"--Backcover.
• Titolo autorizzato: Just words
• ISBN: 0-7022-4120-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781043303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II