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PositioningAsian Australian Writing: A Study of Three Australian Literary Anthologies

This paper examines three anthologies of Australian literature: The Oxford Anthology of Australian Literature (1985), The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature (1990),and Macquarie PENThe Anthology of Australian Literature (2010).It focusses on the politics of inclusion in antho...

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Main Authors: Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha, Abdul Kadir, Maimunah
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Language:English
Published: 2021
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PN Literature (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.919752021-09-05T15:19:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/91975/ PositioningAsian Australian Writing: A Study of Three Australian Literary Anthologies Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha Abdul Kadir, Maimunah PN Literature (General) This paper examines three anthologies of Australian literature: The Oxford Anthology of Australian Literature (1985), The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature (1990),and Macquarie PENThe Anthology of Australian Literature (2010).It focusses on the politics of inclusion in anthology-making and the mechanics surrounding theme, perception, and ideology about literature as a reflection of a nation’s culture and identity.The increasing popularity of Asian Australian writing in recent years has raised concerns about how it is perceived as part of the national literary tradition that is a relatively white space. Not much is discussed about how Asian Australian writing appears in anthologies despite increasing critical attention given to them as a literary genre. Informed by Asian Australian studies and anthology criticism, this study charts the trends in the inclusion of Asian Australian writing and how it is posited within the larger national canon 2021-06-13 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/91975/1/3840%20%282%29.pdf Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha and Abdul Kadir, Maimunah (2021) PositioningAsian Australian Writing: A Study of Three Australian Literary Anthologies. Asiatic, 15 (1). pp. 183-201. ISSN 1985-3106 https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic PN Literature (General)
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Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha
Abdul Kadir, Maimunah
PositioningAsian Australian Writing: A Study of Three Australian Literary Anthologies
description This paper examines three anthologies of Australian literature: The Oxford Anthology of Australian Literature (1985), The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature (1990),and Macquarie PENThe Anthology of Australian Literature (2010).It focusses on the politics of inclusion in anthology-making and the mechanics surrounding theme, perception, and ideology about literature as a reflection of a nation’s culture and identity.The increasing popularity of Asian Australian writing in recent years has raised concerns about how it is perceived as part of the national literary tradition that is a relatively white space. Not much is discussed about how Asian Australian writing appears in anthologies despite increasing critical attention given to them as a literary genre. Informed by Asian Australian studies and anthology criticism, this study charts the trends in the inclusion of Asian Australian writing and how it is posited within the larger national canon
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author Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha
Abdul Kadir, Maimunah
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Abdul Kadir, Maimunah
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title PositioningAsian Australian Writing: A Study of Three Australian Literary Anthologies
title_short PositioningAsian Australian Writing: A Study of Three Australian Literary Anthologies
title_full PositioningAsian Australian Writing: A Study of Three Australian Literary Anthologies
title_fullStr PositioningAsian Australian Writing: A Study of Three Australian Literary Anthologies
title_full_unstemmed PositioningAsian Australian Writing: A Study of Three Australian Literary Anthologies
title_sort positioningasian australian writing: a study of three australian literary anthologies
publishDate 2021
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/91975/1/3840%20%282%29.pdf
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https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/
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