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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Bridgings : Readings in Australian Women's Poetry
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Contents

* Contents derived from the South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Bridgings : Readings in Australian Women's Poetry : Introduction, Rose Lucas , Lyn McCredden , single work criticism (p. ix-xix)
For New Englandi"Your trees, the homesick and the swarthy native,", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 2)
Nigger's Leap : New Englandi"The eastward spurs tip backward from the sun.", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 3)
Train Journeyi"Glassed with cold sleep and dazzled by the moon,", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Australia 1970i"Die, wild country, like the eaglehawk,", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 4)
Two Dreamtimes (for Kath Walker, now Oodgeroo Noonuccal)i"Kathy my sister with the torn heart,", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 4-7)
Falls Country (i"I had an aunt and an uncle", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Snakeskin on a Gatei"Summer's long heats slowing at January's end", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 8)
Space Betweeni"Space between lip and lip", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Half-Dreami"Half dreaming half awake", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 9)
Black/Whitei"This time I shall recover", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 10)
Woman to Mani"The eyeless labourer in the night,", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Gum Trees Strippingi"Say the need's born within the tree,", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 11)
Dark Gifti"The flower begins in the dark", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Rockfacei"Of the age-long heave of a cliff-face, all's come down", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 12)
Rockpooli"My generation is dying, after long lives", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Eyesi"At the end of winter my self-sown vine sends up", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 13)
Summeri"This place's quality is not its former nature", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Oppositionsi"Today I was caught alone in a summer storm", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 14)
Connectionsi"The tiny clusters of whitebeard heath are in flower:", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 14)

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Works about this Work

Animal Handlers : Australian Women Writers on Sexuality and the Female Body Odette Kelada , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Outskirts : Feminisms along the Edge , May vol. 26 no. 2012;
'The year 2011 saw the igniting of mass protest around the issue of sexual double standards for women with numerous marches worldwide called 'SlutWalks'. Thousands of women across a range of countries including America, Europe, Britain and Australia took to the streets to defend the right of women to dress and behave freely without stigmatisation and violence. The 'SlutWalks' started in reaction to a local policeman in Toronto telling a class of college students to avoid dressing like 'sluts' if they did not wish to be victimised (SlutWalk Toronto site). The public protest in response to this incident demonstrates resistance to historically embedded discourses that demean women's sexuality and blame women for abuse and rape they suffer. Terms such as 'slut' perpetuate a virgin/whore dichotomy fundamental to the oppression of female sexual self-expression. These marches are a recent example that follows on from a tradition of mass protests for women's sexual equality and right to safety such as 'Reclaim the Night'. Drawing on writing and conversations with poets Dorothy Porter and Gig Ryan, novelists Drusilla Modjeska, Kate Grenville, Carmel Bird and Melissa Lucashenko and playwright, Leah Purcell, this article offers insights into individual creative women's responses to this theme of women's sexuality. I argue that the work and ideas of these women are examples of the unique and powerful dialogue that can happen through a focus on creativity and female stories in Australia.' (Author's introduction)
Those Wild Colonial Girls Nathan Hollier , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 9 no. 1 1998; (p. 24-31)
[Review] Australian Poetry : Romanticism and Negativity Martin Duwell , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 18 no. 1 1997; (p. 107-110)

— Review of Bridgings : Readings in Australian Women's Poetry 1996 anthology poetry criticism extract ; Australian Poetry : Romanticism and Negativity Paul Kane , 1996 multi chapter work criticism
And What Books Do You Read? Cath Ellis , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 146 1997; (p. 87-88)

— Review of 'And What Books Do You Read?' : New Studies in Australian Literature 1996 anthology biography short story extract criticism ; Bridgings : Readings in Australian Women's Poetry 1996 anthology poetry criticism extract ; Survivors of BEAUTY : Memoirs of Dora and Bert Birtles Deirdre Moore , 1996 single work biography
And What Books Do You Read? Cath Ellis , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 146 1997; (p. 87-88)

— Review of 'And What Books Do You Read?' : New Studies in Australian Literature 1996 anthology biography short story extract criticism ; Bridgings : Readings in Australian Women's Poetry 1996 anthology poetry criticism extract ; Survivors of BEAUTY : Memoirs of Dora and Bert Birtles Deirdre Moore , 1996 single work biography
[Review] Australian Poetry : Romanticism and Negativity Martin Duwell , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 18 no. 1 1997; (p. 107-110)

— Review of Bridgings : Readings in Australian Women's Poetry 1996 anthology poetry criticism extract ; Australian Poetry : Romanticism and Negativity Paul Kane , 1996 multi chapter work criticism
Animal Handlers : Australian Women Writers on Sexuality and the Female Body Odette Kelada , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Outskirts : Feminisms along the Edge , May vol. 26 no. 2012;
'The year 2011 saw the igniting of mass protest around the issue of sexual double standards for women with numerous marches worldwide called 'SlutWalks'. Thousands of women across a range of countries including America, Europe, Britain and Australia took to the streets to defend the right of women to dress and behave freely without stigmatisation and violence. The 'SlutWalks' started in reaction to a local policeman in Toronto telling a class of college students to avoid dressing like 'sluts' if they did not wish to be victimised (SlutWalk Toronto site). The public protest in response to this incident demonstrates resistance to historically embedded discourses that demean women's sexuality and blame women for abuse and rape they suffer. Terms such as 'slut' perpetuate a virgin/whore dichotomy fundamental to the oppression of female sexual self-expression. These marches are a recent example that follows on from a tradition of mass protests for women's sexual equality and right to safety such as 'Reclaim the Night'. Drawing on writing and conversations with poets Dorothy Porter and Gig Ryan, novelists Drusilla Modjeska, Kate Grenville, Carmel Bird and Melissa Lucashenko and playwright, Leah Purcell, this article offers insights into individual creative women's responses to this theme of women's sexuality. I argue that the work and ideas of these women are examples of the unique and powerful dialogue that can happen through a focus on creativity and female stories in Australia.' (Author's introduction)
Those Wild Colonial Girls Nathan Hollier , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 9 no. 1 1998; (p. 24-31)
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