Imagined Landscapes Geovisualizing Australian Spatial Narratives |
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Author:
| Stadler, Jane Mitchell, Peta Carleton, Stephen |
ISBN: | 978-0-253-01838-0 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2015 |
Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $124.00 |
Book Description:
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Among the items discussed are Wake in Fright, a novel by Kenneth Cook, adapted iconically to the screen and recently onto the stage; the Australian North as a mythic space; spatial and temporal narrative shifts in retellings of the story of Alexander Pearce, a convict who gained notoriety for resorting to cannibalism after escaping from a remote Tasmanian penal colony; travel narratives and road movies set in Western Australia; and the challenges and spatial politics of mapping spaces...
More DescriptionAmong the items discussed are Wake in Fright, a novel by Kenneth Cook, adapted iconically to the screen and recently onto the stage; the Australian North as a mythic space; spatial and temporal narrative shifts in retellings of the story of Alexander Pearce, a convict who gained notoriety for resorting to cannibalism after escaping from a remote Tasmanian penal colony; travel narratives and road movies set in Western Australia; and the challenges and spatial politics of mapping spaces for which there are no coordinates.