Gildersleeve, Jessica 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7694-5615
(2020)
Contemporary Australian Trauma.
In:
The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic.
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., Cham, Switzerland, pp. 91-104.
ISBN 9783030331351
Abstract
As a nation haunted by the spectres of its colonialism, Australia has looked to the Gothic as a genre capable of grappling with its complexities. Precisely because of this fraught historical context, the Australian Gothic is dominated by a discourse of trauma. This can be seen in the key themes which remain consistent in the genre over this time, as well as in a range of key contexts for the Australian representation of the Gothic. This chapter aims to demonstrate the ways in which the Gothic is particularly suited as a structural representation of trauma and oppression in Australia’s fraught historical and social context.
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| Item Type: | Book Chapter (Commonwealth Reporting Category B) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Humanities and Communication (1 Mar 2019 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Resilient Regions - Centre for Heritage and Culture (1 Aug 2018 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2020 05:03 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2020 04:01 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Australia, postcolonial, trauma, anxiety, national identity, cinema, landscape, gender, history |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2005 Literary Studies > 200502 Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature) 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200212 Screen and Media Culture |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33136-8_6 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/39059 |
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