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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... vol. 29 no. 2 December 2015 of Antipodes est. 1987 Antipodes
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
"One of Us” : Orphaned Selves and Legitimacy in Australian Autobiography, Jack Bowers , single work criticism
Jack Bowers investigates Australian autobiographies. He examines 'orphaned' selves in which the autobiographer is both orphaned in the sense of not knowing one or both birth parents, and orphaned in the sense of being estranged from a fully formed and completed self.' (393)
 (p. 393-405)
Remembrance Dayi"Today it's been a year", Virginia Jealous , single work poetry (p. 406-407)
Soon She Will Be Forty, Liz Argall , single work short story (p. 408-414)
Christina Stead, Georges Polti, and Analytical Novel Writing, Alison Burns , R. A. Goodrich , single work criticism

The authors investigate Stead's workshop notebooks in order to 'give us clear grounds for viewing her as a highly analytical teacher of writing, one who pointedly draws upon key writers or theorists of scriptwriting for the purposes of novel writing...' (415)

 (p. 415-428)
Gnosis, a Spark, Stephen Oliver , single work prose (p. 429-438)
No-Man’s Land : Migration, Masculinity, and Ouyang Yu’s The Eastern Slope Chronicle, Zhong Huang , Wenche Ommundsen , single work criticism
'The Eastern Slope Chronicle is a novel about migration, focusing on Dao Zhuang, a male Chinese migrant who seems unable to belong anywhere. It is also about the protagonist's self-discovery and discovery of his home and host countries. This paper examines the impact of migration on gender norms and how tensions between different gender norms, particularly models for masculinity, play out in the perspective of cultural, ethnic, or national identity, issues surrounding the impart of migration on gender identity remain virtually unexplored.' (439)
 (p. 439-451)
My Sister Sam and Other Freaks, Janet Garrick , single work short story (p. 452-460)
“Trafficking in Words” : On the Politics of Writing, Cross-Border Mobility, and Nam Le’s The Boat, Marita Jane Bullock , single work criticism (p. 461-477)
Ahead by Centuries : Stephen Edgar's Exhibits of the Sun, U.S. Dhuga , single work review
— Review of Exhibits of the Sun Stephen Edgar , 2014 selected work poetry ; (p. 481-484)
Of Imperial Dreams and Dead Men, Nataša Kampmark , single work review
— Review of The Narrow Road to the Deep North Richard Flanagan , 2013 single work novel ; (p. 486-488)
If Anything Tied Them Together It Was Fury, Caitlin Woolley , single work review
— Review of Footy Dreaming Michael Hyde , 2015 single work children's fiction ; (p. 488-489)
A Zestful Romp through the Suspenseful and Serious, Lyn Jacobs , single work review
— Review of The Last Pulse Anson Cameron , 2014 single work novel ; (p. 489-491)
Trant Life, Eric Notaro , single work review
— Review of Tree Palace Craig Sherborne , 2014 single work novel ; (p. 491-492)
Real Travel, R. D. Wood , single work review
— Review of Emptiness : Asian Poems 1998-2012 John Mateer , 2013 selected work poetry ; (p. 492-494)
Cloak and Dagger Down Under, Richard Scott Carr , single work review
— Review of The Spying Game : An Australian Angle Bruce Bennett , 2012 single work criticism ; (p. 494-496)
The White Men Rarely Speak for Themselves, Brenda Machosky , single work review
— Review of Made to Matter : White Fathers, Stolen Generations Fiona Probyn , 2013 multi chapter work criticism ; (p. 496-498)
A Jury of Humans, Natalie Taylor , single work review
— Review of This House of Grief Helen Garner , 2014 single work non-fiction ; (p. 498-499)
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