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Appears in:
- y Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film : A Critical Study Jefferson : McFarland and Company , 2011 Z1820733 2011 single work criticism 'Australia has been a frequent choice of location for narratives about the end of the world in science fiction and speculative works, ranging from pre-colonial apocalyptic maps to key literary works from the last fifty years. This critical work explores the role of Australia in both apocalyptic literature and film. Works and genres covered include Nevil Shute's popular novel On the Beach, Mad Max, children's literature, Indigenous writing, and cyberpunk. The text examines ways in which apocalypse is used to undermine complacency, foretell environmental disasters, critique colonization, and to serve as a means of protest for minority groups. Australian apocalypse imagines Australia at the ends of the world, geographically and psychologically, but also proposes spaces of hope for the future.' (From the publisher's website.) Jefferson : McFarland and Company , 2011 pg. 135-158
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Subjects:
- The Last Wave 1977 single work film/TV
- Where the Green Ants Dream 1984 single work film/TV
- Master of the Ghost Dreaming 1991 series - author novel
- The Undying 1998 single work novel
- Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World 1983 single work novel
- Plains of Promise 1997 single work novel
- The Kadaitcha Sung 1990 single work novel
- Karan 1985 single work novel
- Land of the Golden Clouds 1998 single work novel