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'In 1975, a tiny, grey-haired woman took the microphone at a protest rally following Prime Minister Whitlam's dismissal, and blasted the audience with an impassioned speech about the importance of the democratic process.
'Dorothy Auchterlonie Green was a teacher, literary critic and poet. Together with her husband H. M. Green, she is best known for her unstinting work to promote Australian literature. In her later years, she established herself as a defender of the power of the word, using her writing and speeches to expose those structures in our society which misuse language for exploitation and greed.
'How did this small conservative academic become a warrior for peace? Willa McDonald traces Dorothy Green's path to political activism, from her childhood and early working years as a wartime radio journalist in Brisbane, through to the 1980s and her role in the founding of the Australian Association for Armed Neutrality, the Nuclear Disarmament Party and the lobby group, Writers Against Nuclear Arms.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For my mother with gratitude and love.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Country and Lives : Australian Biography and Its History
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Cercles , no. 35 2015; 'There have been attempts to relate national characteristics “by reference to climate, habitat and soil and investing the collective subject with psychological attributes” for over two millennia. More recently historians of modern nationalism developed elaborate typologies often citing Martin Heidegger’s arguments that “the being of the human finds its essence in the being of place — the belonging together of being and topos” [MALPAS 2012 : 5-6]. And yet the challenge to the ontological connection between self and place, what Jeff Malpas describes as the “topological analysis of self and identity”, has a long philosophical tradition, too. This debate over experience, biography and nation has implications for historians who have raised empirical questions about the development of collective sensibilities over time among recent emigrant peoples, their physical peculiarities, behaviourial quirks and emergent national character. In this paper I consider the role that biography writing played in the construction of an Australian national identity geared to what Pierre Nora famously termed as the “roman national”, or the collective discourse on the history of the nation and its place in the world. I argue that Australian historians played a significant role in the history of biograpy writing and, related to it, the debate over collective Australian identity.' (Introduction) -
Shifting the Boundaries
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 23 no. 1 & 2 2011;
— Review of Warrior for Peace - Dorothy Auchterlonie Green 2009 single work biography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 March 2010; (p. 31)
— Review of Warrior for Peace - Dorothy Auchterlonie Green 2009 single work biography -
Fierce Compassion
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2009 - January 2010 no. 317 2009; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Warrior for Peace - Dorothy Auchterlonie Green 2009 single work biography -
Warrior Spirit, Literary Scholar and Activist
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 November 2009; (p. 17)
— Review of Warrior for Peace - Dorothy Auchterlonie Green 2009 single work biography
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Warrior Spirit, Literary Scholar and Activist
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 November 2009; (p. 17)
— Review of Warrior for Peace - Dorothy Auchterlonie Green 2009 single work biography -
Fierce Compassion
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2009 - January 2010 no. 317 2009; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Warrior for Peace - Dorothy Auchterlonie Green 2009 single work biography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 March 2010; (p. 31)
— Review of Warrior for Peace - Dorothy Auchterlonie Green 2009 single work biography -
Shifting the Boundaries
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 23 no. 1 & 2 2011;
— Review of Warrior for Peace - Dorothy Auchterlonie Green 2009 single work biography -
Country and Lives : Australian Biography and Its History
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Cercles , no. 35 2015; 'There have been attempts to relate national characteristics “by reference to climate, habitat and soil and investing the collective subject with psychological attributes” for over two millennia. More recently historians of modern nationalism developed elaborate typologies often citing Martin Heidegger’s arguments that “the being of the human finds its essence in the being of place — the belonging together of being and topos” [MALPAS 2012 : 5-6]. And yet the challenge to the ontological connection between self and place, what Jeff Malpas describes as the “topological analysis of self and identity”, has a long philosophical tradition, too. This debate over experience, biography and nation has implications for historians who have raised empirical questions about the development of collective sensibilities over time among recent emigrant peoples, their physical peculiarities, behaviourial quirks and emergent national character. In this paper I consider the role that biography writing played in the construction of an Australian national identity geared to what Pierre Nora famously termed as the “roman national”, or the collective discourse on the history of the nation and its place in the world. I argue that Australian historians played a significant role in the history of biograpy writing and, related to it, the debate over collective Australian identity.' (Introduction)