Thinking the Antipodes: Australian Essays

by Peter Beilharz

In 1956, Bernard Smith wrote that the people of Australia were migratory birds. This was to become a leading motif of his own thinking, and a significant inspiration for author Peter Beilharz. Beilharz came to argue that the idea of the antipodes made sense less in its geographical form than in its cultural form, viewed as a relation rather than a place. Australians had one foot here and one foot there, whichever 'there' this was. This way of thinking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1922235555
• ISBN13: 9781922235558
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Monash University Publishing
• Length: 346 Pages