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Author Peers, Juliette.

Title Dream dolls : misogyny and political mythology in fin de siecle Australian culture / by Juliet M. J. Peers
Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1999

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Description xxxi, 394 leaves : illustrations ; 30 cm
Summary 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
Notes Submitted to the School of Australian and International Studies of the Faculty of Arts, Deakin University
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 1999
Bibliography Bibliography: leaves 361-384
Subject Misogyny -- Australia -- History.
Nationalism -- Australia -- History.
Women -- Australia -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Academic theses.
Author Deakin University. Faculty of Arts.
Deakin University. School of Australian and International Studies.