Travelling home, Walkabout magazine and mid-twentieth-century Australia / / Mitchell Rolls and Anna Johnston [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Rolls Mitchell <1960->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 919.9404/05
• Soggetto topico: Travel - Social aspects - Australia - History - 20th century; Periodicals - Social aspects - Australia - History - 20th century; Literature and society - Australia - History - 20th century; National characteristics, Australian - History - 20th century; Nationalism - Australia - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Description and travel Periodicals; Australia Description and travel; Australia Social life and customs 20th century; Australia Ethnic relations History 20th century
• Classificazione: LIT004070HIS004000SOC022000
• Persona (resp. second.): JohnstonAnna <1972->
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Walkabout: The Magazine -- 2. Writing Walkabout -- 3. Peopling Australia : Writers, Anthropologists and Aborigines -- 4. Advertising Australia : Development, Modernity and Commerce -- 5. Transforming Country : Natural History and Walkabout -- 6. Knowing our Neighbours : The Pacific Region -- Conclusion: "Walkabout Rocks".
• Sommario/riassunto: '<I>Travelling Home..</I>' provides a detailed analysis of the contribution that the mid twentieth-century 'Walkabout' magazine made to Australia's cultural history. Spanning five central decades of the twentieth century (1934-1974), 'Walkabout' was integral to Australia's sense of itself as a nation. By advocating travel - both vicarious and actual - 'Walkabout' encouraged settler Australians to broaden their image of the nation and its place in the Pacific region. In this way, 'Walkabout' explicitly aimed to make its readers feel at home in their country, as well as including a diverse picture of Aboriginal and Pacific cultures. Like National Geographic in the United States, Walkabout presented a cornucopia of images and information that was accessible to a broad readership.
• Titolo autorizzato: Travelling home, Walkabout magazine and mid-twentieth-century Australia
• ISBN: 1-78308-539-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910148575303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Anthem studies in Australian literature and culture.