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2013•Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian LiteratureRequires access

'To the Island': Myths of Identity and Belonging in Andrew McGahan's 1988

Vivienne Muller

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This paper argues that in 1988 McGahan aims some timely satirical broadsides at masculinist myths of Australian identity, yet recuperates a certain degree of nostalgia for such myths of origin.

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This paper argues that in 1988 McGahan aims some timely satirical broadsides at masculinist myths of Australian identity, yet recuperates a certain degree of nostalgia for such myths of origin.

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This paper argues that in 1988 McGahan aims some timely satirical broadsides at masculinist myths of Australian identity, yet recuperates a certain degree of nostalgia for such myths of origin.

Key concepts: Mythology, Identity (music), Genealogy, History, Sociology, Art, Aesthetics, Classics

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