The outback within : journeys into the Australian interior / Mark Byrne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrne, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia--Social life and customs.

Australia.

Australia--Folklore.

Australia--Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

"What is it about the Australian outback? For nearly two centuries, narratives of outback journeys have been suffused with the aura of death. Why? It is not just that the desert is big, dry, hot and apparently empty. The outback is Australia's "mythological crucible," and journeys there have become rites of passage. It is where settler Australians go to die and perhaps be reborn. This book explores the landscape of this evolving national mythology. It argues that a more conscious engagement with the process of symbolic death and rebirth is needed for Australians to enter into a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationship to the land and its Indigenous people."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 20, 2017).

ISBN:

1-4438-1653-1

OCLC:

974916225