Women and the Bush: Forces of Desire in Australian Cultural Tradition by Kay Schaffer

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Some pen marks on the table of contents.

Kay Schaffer applies insights from feminist scholarship and literary analysis to examine the national character. She examines how the concepts of the typical Australian man and the woman who stands in relation to him have evolved across a range of cultural forms, including historical and literary texts, film, and media.

She concentrates in particular on the writings of Henry Lawson and Barbara Baynton. The circulation of ideas about these writers, their contribution to a national mythology, and the different ways their importance has been represented to modern readers is explored and discussed. (back cover)