The Urbanisation of Australia: Representations of Australia in Popular Culture

Authors

  • Selina Samuels The University of New South Wales

Keywords:

Marele Day, Helen Garner, Gillian Armstrong, film, popular culture

Abstract

The article argues that American popular culture's glamorising of the city has influenced Australian popular culture, with particular reference to the detective fiction of Marele Day and films such as Last Days of Chez Nous.

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Published

2013-02-02

Issue

1999: Australian Writing and the City

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The Urbanisation of Australia: Representations of Australia in Popular Culture. (2013). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 108-114. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/9575