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Karen Barker Karen Barker i(A34870 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 The Future’s Double-Horizon in Jean Devanny’s Sugar Heaven Karen Barker , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature and Politics: Pushing the World in Certain Directions 2012; (p. 71-83)
1 Keep Close to the Earth! : The Schism between the Worker and Nature in Katharine Susannah Prichard's Novels Karen Barker , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Colloquy : Text Theory Critique , November no. 12 2006;
1 Vitalist Nationalism, the White Aborigine and Evolving National Identity Karen Barker , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Departures : How Australia Reinvents Itself 2002; (p. 105-111; notes 289) Discusses the emergence of the 'white Aborigine' narrative and its literary resurgence in the mid-1990s, in a number of novels featuring white Aboriginal characters.
1 Theory as Fireworks : An Interview with Brian Castro Karen Barker (interviewer), 2002 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 20 no. 3 2002; (p. 241-248)
1 The Artful Man : Theory and Authority in Brian Castro's Fiction Karen Barker , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 20 no. 3 2002; (p. 231-240) The article discusses the critical reception of the work of Brian Castro, especially the responses to his use of critical theory in his novels. In analysing theory and authority in Castro's novel Double-Wolf, Barker discovers a shift in his approach to theory and argues that it is Double-Wolf which, unlike the earlier novels, gives Freud and Freudian theory a leading role and foregrounds theory in an entirely different way from his other novels. She discusses these and other issues with Brian Castro in an interview published in the same issue of Australian Literary Studies.
1 A Conversation with David Foster Karen Barker , Priya Kalnins , 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Antithesis , vol. 8 no. 2 1997; (p. 307-314)
1 The Milk of Mother's Kindness in Brian Castro's 'Drift' Karen Barker , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Current Tensions : Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference : 6 - 11 July 1996 1996; (p. 228-235)
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