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

Vivienne Muller

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.

Keywords


Andrew McGahan; satire; masculinity

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