Dream dolls : misogyny and political mythology in fin de siecle Australian culture
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posted on 1999-01-01, 00:00authored byJuliet. Peers
Examines Australian nationalism from the 1890s onwards through the interaction between cultural stereotypes of the feminine and issues of identity, citizenship and political constructions of "democracy". The employment of an idealised masculine aesthetic as catalyst to creating an imagined state was compared in Australia and Wilhelmine Germany.