| Description |
372 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. 30 years, 15 minutes -- 2. The murmur of the waves -- 3. The ass and the angel -- 4. Homage to catatonia -- 5. Subdivision cultures -- 6. Screening suburbia -- 7. True believers -- 8. Generational ganglands -- 9. Regenerating labor -- 10. Third way, second go -- 11. Epilogue and acknowledgements |
| Summary |
In a series of entertaining essays, this wide-ranging book looks at the impact of the media on Australian life and politics, and anlyses key images and stories that shape our perceptions at century's end. Topics include Americanisation, feminism, pop, pay TV, the Internet, political correctness, Mabo, and the republican convention |
| Analysis |
ALP |
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Federal issue |
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History |
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Intellectual life |
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Mass media |
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Political ideologies |
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Popular culture |
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Postmodernism |
| Notes |
At foot of title page: "Comerford and Miller" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Australian Labor Party -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Celebrities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003015806 -- Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
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| Subject |
Celebrities -- Australia.
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Political culture -- Australia.
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Social evolution -- Australia.
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Social evolution.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002863 -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476
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Australia -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114303
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| LC no. |
2002327753 |
| ISBN |
1864030453 (Pluto Press Australia) |
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1871204151 |
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187120416X (correct) |
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