Rachael Wallis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5226056 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachael Wallis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachael |
| FAMILY NAME | Wallis |
| SIGNATURE | WALLIS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3412-4955 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Figurations of youth in regional Australia
Moving beyond deficit media figurations of young people
It is common for the media to cast young people as dangerous and delinquent, particularly when those young people derive from marginalized backgrounds. Moral panics are fuelled and sustained by the media in their role as agents of moral indignation. Additionally, the media represent a powerful source of moral regulation, often working against the interests of young people. In this paper, a recent media focus on the 'youth crime crisis' in Queensl…
Banking on Banjo
Social imaginaries, like those in the work of A. B. “Banjo” Paterson and Henry Lawson, reinforced by contemporary ideas of a bucolic rural idyll, reflect images of Australia shared in contemporary media. These images are often used in marketing rural places. This research examines the social imaginaries used to create marketing for a wide-ranging area around Stanthorpe, Queensland. These marketing ideas promote stereotypes of Australia’s rural ar…
Self‐telling place, identity and dress in lifestyle migration memoirs
While there has been significant discussion of the intertwined roles of mobility and identity, little has been written about these two factors in relation to an important third factor, dress. This paper examines dress and identity within two lifestyle migration memoirs, as forms of media such as these create socially situated imagined places where readers can explore new lives and ways of being. Using a culturally oriented framework to examine th…
Myths and imaginaries
Lifestyle migration, also known as “tree-change” or “sea-change”, may enhance ongoing self transformations through enactment of ideals found within social imaginaries. This article examines myths and ideals presented in the Australian magazine Country Style. Readers choose to suspend disbelief to inhabit the magazine’s symbolic space that is an idealized myth minimizing, excluding or romanticizing harsher aspects of rural reality while enabling a…
Myths and imaginaries
Lifestyle migration, also known as “tree-change” or “sea-change”, may enhance ongoing self transformations through enactment of ideals found within social imaginaries. This article examines myths and ideals presented in the Australian magazine Country Style. Readers choose to suspend disbelief to inhabit the magazine’s symbolic space that is an idealized myth minimizing, excluding or romanticizing harsher aspects of rural reality while enabling a…
Figurations of youth in regional Australia
Moving beyond deficit media figurations of young people
It is common for the media to cast young people as dangerous and delinquent, particularly when those young people derive from marginalized backgrounds. Moral panics are fuelled and sustained by the media in their role as agents of moral indignation. Additionally, the media represent a powerful source of moral regulation, often working against the interests of young people. In this paper, a recent media focus on the 'youth crime crisis' in Queensl…
Myths and imaginaries
Lifestyle migration, also known as “tree-change” or “sea-change”, may enhance ongoing self transformations through enactment of ideals found within social imaginaries. This article examines myths and ideals presented in the Australian magazine Country Style. Readers choose to suspend disbelief to inhabit the magazine’s symbolic space that is an idealized myth minimizing, excluding or romanticizing harsher aspects of rural reality while enabling a…
Banking on Banjo
Social imaginaries, like those in the work of A. B. “Banjo” Paterson and Henry Lawson, reinforced by contemporary ideas of a bucolic rural idyll, reflect images of Australia shared in contemporary media. These images are often used in marketing rural places. This research examines the social imaginaries used to create marketing for a wide-ranging area around Stanthorpe, Queensland. These marketing ideas promote stereotypes of Australia’s rural ar…
Self‐telling place, identity and dress in lifestyle migration memoirs
While there has been significant discussion of the intertwined roles of mobility and identity, little has been written about these two factors in relation to an important third factor, dress. This paper examines dress and identity within two lifestyle migration memoirs, as forms of media such as these create socially situated imagined places where readers can explore new lives and ways of being. Using a culturally oriented framework to examine th…
Moving beyond deficit media figurations of young people
It is common for the media to cast young people as dangerous and delinquent, particularly when those young people derive from marginalized backgrounds. Moral panics are fuelled and sustained by the media in their role as agents of moral indignation. Additionally, the media represent a powerful source of moral regulation, often working against the interests of young people. In this paper, a recent media focus on the 'youth crime crisis' in Queensl…
Figurations of youth in regional Australia
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Rural development and sustainability (3 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works)