Overview

Writing the Australian Beach is the first book in fifteen years to explore creative and cultural representations of this iconic landscape, and how writers and scholars have attempted to understand and depict it. Although the content chiefly focuses on Australia, the beach as both a location and idea resonates deeply with readers around the world. This edited collection includes three sections. Forms of Beach Writing examines the history of beach writing in Australia and in a number of forms: screenwriting, social media writing, and food writing. In turn, Multiplicities of Australian Beach Writing examines how forms of writing—poetry, travel writing, horror film, and memoir—engage with some specific beaches in Australia. And, finally, Reading the Beach as a Text considers how the beach itself functions in cultural narratives: how we walk the beach; the revealing story of beach soccer; and the design and use of ocean baths. Given its scope, the collection offers a unique resource for scholars of Australian culture and creative writing, and for all those interested in Australian beaches. 

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Author:   Elizabeth Ellison ,  Donna Lee Brien
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030352660

ISBN 10:   3030352668
Pages:   243
Publication Date:   03 March 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Chapter 1 Writing the Australian beach: Texts, sites, events and people.- SECTION: Forms of beach writing.- Chapter 2 Surfers and lifeguards: A short history of beach writing in Australia.- Chapter 3 Screenwriting the beach: Conflict, catharsis and the character arc in Australian film.- Chapter 4 Instafamous: Social media influencers and Australian beaches.- Chapter 5 Food writing and the Australian beach: From leisure to labour.- SECTION: Multiplicities of Australian beach writing.- Chapter 6.- Exploring Australian coastal Gothic: Poetry and place.- Chapter 7 Writing Noosa’s beach: Travellers’ narratives and modernity.- Chapter 8 Beaches in Australian horror films: Sites of fear and retreat.- Chapter 9 Challenging conceptions of beach as paradise in fiction and memoir: The Gold Coast’s bathing beauties.- SECTION: Reading the beach as text.- Chapter 10 Walking the Australian beach: Mapping footprints in the sand.- Chapter 11 Australian beach soccer: Tracing paradoxical narratives.- Chapter 12 Australia’s ocean baths: Stories of design, aesthetics and swimming.- Chapter 13 Sculpture by the Sea: A visual essay.- Index.  

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Elizabeth Ellison is a Senior Lecturer of Creative Industries at Central Queensland University, Australia, with an ongoing interest in representation and the Australian beach.  Donna Lee Brien is  Professor of Creative Industries at Central Queensland University, Australia. With an internationally recognised research profile in non-fiction genres, including memoir and food writing, she has an extensive publishing history as both author and editor with leading publishers.

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