Contemporary Australian Trauma
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Gildersleeve, Jessica. 2020. "Contemporary Australian Trauma." Bloom, Clive (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic. Cham, Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 91-104
| Chapter Title | Contemporary Australian Trauma |
|---|---|
| Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
| ERA Publisher ID | 2865 |
| Book Title | The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic |
| Authors | |
| Author | Gildersleeve, Jessica |
| Editors | Bloom, Clive |
| Page Range | 91-104 |
| Chapter Number | 5 |
| Number of Pages | 14 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Place of Publication | Cham, Switzerland |
| ISBN | 9783030331351 |
| 9783030331368 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33136-8_6 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-33136-8_6 |
| Abstract | As a nation haunted by the spectres of its colonialism, Australia has looked to the Gothic as a genre capable of grappling with its complexities. Precisely because of this fraught historical context, the Australian Gothic is dominated by a discourse of trauma. This can be seen in the key themes which remain consistent in the genre over this time, as well as in a range of key contexts for the Australian representation of the Gothic. This chapter aims to demonstrate the ways in which the Gothic is particularly suited as a structural representation of trauma and oppression in Australia’s fraught historical and social context. |
| Keywords | Australia, postcolonial, trauma, anxiety, national identity, cinema, landscape, gender, history |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470502. Australian literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature) |
| 470214. Screen and media culture | |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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