Autobiography in Australian parliamentary first speeches
McCooey, David and Lowe, David 2010, Autobiography in Australian parliamentary first speeches, Biography (Honolulu) : an interdiscliplinary quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, pp. 68-83.
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Autobiography in Australian parliamentary first speeches
Biography (Honolulu) : an interdiscliplinary quarterly
Volume number
33
Issue number
1
Season
Winter
Start page
68
End page
83
Total pages
16
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press, Journals Department
Place of publication
Honolulu, Hi.
Publication date
2010
ISSN
0162-4962 1529-1456
Summary
This article analyzes the autobiographical content in the First Speeches of three Australian parliaments (1950, 1976, and 1996). It argues that such autobiographical disclosure has significant political functions—in particular, representing credentials, and representing social and political affiliations. The essay argues that these functions highlight, and finesse, the paradoxical condition that parliamentarians find themselves in, of having to simultaneously represent themselves and their constituencies.
Language
eng
Field of Research
210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)
Socio Economic Objective
940299 Government and Politics not elsewhere classified