{"product_id":"9781920898892","title":"Impact of the Modern","description":"Author: Professor Robert Dixon\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781920898892\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sydney University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Nov 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 294\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralian and international modernity from the late 19th to the mid-20th century inspires research in many fields of cultural endeavour: architecture, fine arts, design, cinema, theatre, and music; in urban studies, literary history and Aboriginal studies. \u003ci\u003eImpact of the Modern\u003c\/i\u003e brings together examples of this new interdisciplinary work on modern Australian culture by 21 leading scholars. Their writings reveal an original account of 'modernising' Australia as dynamic and creative in many art forms, and interactively linked with international processes and ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eImpact of the Modern\u003c\/i\u003e were presented as papers at the conference, 'Australian Vernacular Modernities', convened by the editors at the University of Queensland in 2006. Plenary papers by Jill Julius Matthews and Angela Woollacott signal the book's focus on the erotic and gendered spaces, and on popular aspects of modernity. They provide the central focus of the material, through such vital and dynamic categories as the 'modern', the 'erotic' and the 'primitive'. As essential components of the historical processes of innovation and modernisation, these central questions of gender and public sociality are taken up in diverse ways in the other chapters, forming a varied and exciting study of a range of creative Australian engagements with modern international life and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861491044510,"sku":"ADS-9781920898892","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781920898892.jpg?v=1779252743","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781920898892","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}