Extract: Nation, Memory, Myth by Steve Vizard
Posted on 11 Jun 2025
How does myth generate meaning for a nation and its citizens? How does a national myth transform into symbolic performances of cultural memory and kinship?
Ken Gelder
Ken Gelder is an Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Melbourne. His books include Uncanny Australia: Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation (1998, with Jane M Jacobs), Popular Fiction: The Logics and Practices of a Literary Field (2004), Subcultures: Cultural Histories and Social Practice (2007), After the Celebration: Australian Fiction 1989-2007 (2009, with Paul Salzman) and, with Rachael Weaver, Colonial Australian Fiction (2017), The Colonial Kangaroo Hunt (2020) and Colonial Adventure (2024).
Books
Colonial Adventure
Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver
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ISBN: 9780522879544
The Colonial Kangaroo Hunt
Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver
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ISBN: 9780522875850
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Adventure Fiction
Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver
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ISBN: 9780522858617
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Romance Fiction
Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver
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ISBN: 9780522856163
After The Celebration
Ken Gelder and Paul Salzman
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ISBN: 9780522855975
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction
Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver
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ISBN: 9780522855616
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction
Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver
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ISBN: 9780522854220
Uncanny Australia
Jane M Jacobs and Ken Gelder
PAPERBACK..... $47.99
ISBN: 9780522848168
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