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'Unexpected effects': marked men in contemporary Australian women's fiction

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2006

Authors

Bode, Katherine

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University of Queensland Press

Abstract

The consistency of the themes surrounding male damage in contemporary Australian women's fictions indicates the presence and nature of a discourse of masculinity crisis. Novels by Australian women published since the 1990s is used as a case study to open up discussion of this Australian trend and explore its similarities and differences to the American discourse of masculinity crisis.

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Australian literature, masculinity, male embodiment, damaged male bodies, crisis of masculinity, whiteness

Citation

Bode, Katherine. 'Unexpected Effects' : Marked Men in Contemporary Australian Women's Fiction.' Australian Literary Studies, vol. 22, no. 4, 2006. https://doi.org/10.20314/als.09a5774f6b.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/8657

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ANU Research Publications

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Australian Literary Studies 22.4 (2006): 443-59

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Journal article

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Open Access

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10.20314/als.09a5774f6b

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