Finding hy-Brazil : eugenics and modernism in the Pacific


Autoria(s): Carson, Susan J.
Data(s)

2009

Resumo

In the 1930s a number of Australian women writers took issue with material and symbolic aspects of public health discourse and in particular challenged institutional endorsement of eugenicist movements. This paper discusses the response of inter-war women writers to the national discussion of science and medicine and, in particular, eugenics.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/30403/

Publicador

Hecate Press

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/30403/1/c30403.pdf

Carson, Susan J. (2009) Finding hy-Brazil : eugenics and modernism in the Pacific. Hecate, 35(1/2), pp. 124-133.

Direitos

Copyright 2009 Hecate Press/University of Queensland

Fonte

Creative Writing & Literary Studies; Creative Industries Faculty

Palavras-Chave #200502 Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature) #Modernism #Australian Women's Writing #Eugenics #Science #Literature
Tipo

Journal Article