'To the Island': Myths of Identity and Belonging in Andrew McGahan's 1988

Authors

  • Vivienne Muller Queensland University of Technology

Keywords:

Andrew McGahan, satire, masculinity

Abstract

This paper argues that in 1988 McGahan aims some timely satirical broadsides at masculinist myths of Australian identity, yet recuperates a certain degree of nostalgia for such myths of origin.

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Published

2013-02-12

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1997: Land and Identity: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Conference

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’To the Island’: Myths of Identity and Belonging in Andrew McGahan’s 1988. (2013). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 31-36. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/9502