Published In
Antipodes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2007
Subjects
Australian literature -- 21st century, Australian literature -- 20th century, Regionalism
Abstract
The years leading up to and including the Australian bicentennial (1988) marked a high point of nationalistic fervor, but also of interest in regionalism and, in particular, regional literature in Australia. For example, the Literature Board funded four anthologies of Western Australian literature that were associate with this occasion; two of these received additional funds from the Australian Bicentennial Authority. However, this interest could not sustain itself. With the bicentennial finally behind it, the typically antagonistic relationship regionalism had enjoyed with nationalism (e.g. regionalism was commonly regarded as “the advocacy and advancement of the interests, functions, and competence of parts of a nation-state as against those same aspects of the whole state” [Preston 3]) was suddenly seen as irrelevant.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17448
Citation Details
Henningsgaard, P. (2007). The Decline of Regionalism in Australian Literature and Culture. Antipodes, 21(1), 53-59.
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