Preserving the White Race’
Some Australian Women’s Literary Responses to the Great War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8891411 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Bassett (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Publication date | 1985-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9697 • E-ISSN: 1837-6479 |
| Publisher | Australian Literary Studies (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.20314/als.0273838997 |
| OpenAlex | W2495079349 |
| Language | EN |
Surveys poetry and verse, personal narratives and popular novels written by Australian women about the Great War. Finds as major preoccupations and concerns in this type of literature: fear of threats to their class and race caused by war; fear for the family; glorification of White Australia; concerns about the future of the British Empire
Ancient history · Art · Empire · Literature · Narrative · Poetry · Race (biology · Sociology · White (mutation · Australian History and Society · Gender Studies · History
| Highly cited | No |
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