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Mary Besmeres examines 'three Australian texts—Gillian Bouras's
A Foreign Wife (1986), Sarah Turnbull's Almost French: A New Life in Paris (2002)
and John Mateer's Semar's Cave: An Indonesian Journal (2004)—drawing attention
to what appear to be some common cultural assumptions in the authors' accounts
of their interactions with speakers of languages other than English.' (p. 245)
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245-257
Australian ‘Immersion’ Narratives : Memoirs of Contemporary Language Travel
Subjects:
- A Foreign Wife 1986 single work autobiography
- Almost French : A New Life in Paris 2002 single work autobiography
- Semar's Cave : An Indonesian Journal 2004 single work prose
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