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y separately published work icon Constructing a Culture : A People's History of Australia Since 1788 anthology   criticism  
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Constructing a Culture : A People's History of Australia Since 1788
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:McPhee Gribble Penguin , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Hard, Dry Humour for a Hard, Dry Land, Keith Willey , single work criticism (p. 156-169)
Mightier Than the Sword?, Paul Gillen , single work criticism (p. 190-208)
Popular Culture and Bourgeois Values, John Docker , single work criticism
John Docker's critique is premised on the opening statement: 'What is popular culture?' is a dazzingly difficult question. The provisional answer is that it is culture enjoyed by large masses of people. And, popular culture can only be understood in relation to the culture that opposes it - 'high culture'. (p, 241)
 (p. 241-258)
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