Feminine transports and transformations : textual performances of Australian women convicts and emigrants from 1788 to 1850

While scholars have critiqued early representations of the white colonial female in the form of the novel, short story, or historical narrative, analyses of poetry tend to be located only on that produced in Australia and often in light of a nascent national identity. This article examines how poetic renditions of the desolate woman might be viewed as part of imperialism\u27s mythologising process, displacing more worrying versions of womanhood in relation to the new colonies. While social anxieties over the identity of the white colonial female would result in highly controlled productions of the female convict and female emigrant, this article demonstrates how they also prove unstable and point to a disruptive reality beyond language.<br /

Dementia, Ageism and the Limits of Critique in Thea Astley’s Satire

This essay examines how Thea Astley mobilises satire as a vehicle to counter ageism and the stigma surrounding dementia, particularly in its gendered inflections. It argues that Astley explores the limits of critique in later work like Coda, seeking to represent the continuing sense of personhood in the face of challenges to female independence while countering negative narratives of decline through humour. &nbsp

Crossing geographies, crossing languages

This book is of pivotal importance to the development of women\u27s poetry in America and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike