Australian Studies: A Survey

by Harry Ed. Walter

This collection of thematically interrelated essays examines Australian studies within the larger framework of contemporary humanities and social sciences, and more specifically, as a "national" field of study. Considering the nature of "new" societies to produce vernacular literatures, Walter analyzes Australian constructions of literature, politics, and history and the problem of reconciling a parent culture (metropolis) and its offshoot (periphery)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019554773X
• ISBN13: 9780195547733
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.5"