No 260 - April, 2004
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Simon Marginson's La Trobe University Essay:
'They Make a Desolation and They Call It F.A. Hayek:
Australian Universities on the Brink of the Nelson Reforms'
'They Make a Desolation and They Call It F.A. Hayek:
Australian Universities on the Brink of the Nelson Reforms'
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ItemLooking At Both Sides. "The Cruise of the Janet Nichol Among the South Sea Islands: A Diary By Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson" by Roslyn Jolly (ed), "Robert Louis Stevenson: His Best Pacific Writings" by Roger Robinson (ed) and "Albert Wendt and Pacific Literature: Circling the Void" by Paul Sharrad [review](Australian Book Review, 2004-04)Whether it's fate or mere coincidence, the life stories of the two most celebrated writers of the Pacific — Robert Louis Stevenson and Albert Wendt — dovetail together on the small tropical island of Upolu in Western Samoa.
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ItemBestellers / Subscription(Australian Book Review, 2004-04)This item is the March 2004 Bestsellers / Subsciption page from this issue.
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ItemRobin Lovejoy(Australian Book Review, 2004-04)This article describes the Robin Lovejoy collection at the National Library of Australia.
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ItemBlind Spot. "The Girl in the Golden House" by John Biggs. [review](Australian Book Review, 2004-04)"The Girl in the Golden House" remains stuck behind its author’s blind spot — it is evocative of Western fantasies of Hong Kong and its people, but offers little more illumination than this.
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ItemSwings and Roundabouts. "Spinning Around" by Catherine Jinks. [review](Australian Book Review, 2004-04)This novel explores, exposes and ultimately celebrates a woman’s transformation from well-groomed single to maternal mess. It is part domestic farce, part journey to greater contentment, which, Jinks suggests, is achieved by graciously riding the ‘swings and roundabouts’ of marriage and being less of a ‘miserable, long-faced party pooper’ and ‘more glass-half-fullish’.
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ItemScorsese's Couch. "Scorsese's Men: Melancholia and the Mob" by Mark Nicholls. [review](Australian Book Review, 2004-04)Due to his use of psychoanalytic theory, Nicholls does not aim to communicate with the mass audiences who enjoy Scorsese flicks at the local suburban multiplex cinema. Rather, the author targets those familiar with the developing interdisciplinary field of masculinity studies, particularly the sub-specialty of how men are portrayed in film. Within these parameters, "Scorsese’s Men" is an original and challenging work, filled with provocative insights.