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Going for grunge: Revisiting Andrew McGahan's 1988 and ‘Kill the Old’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2016

Sharyn Pearce
Sharyn Pearce*
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s.pearce@qut.edu.au
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Abstract

Andrew McGahan's novel 1988 and short story ‘Kill the Old’ are re-evaluated in terms of their responses to the political and cultural needs of mid-1990s Queensland. These neglected and undervalued grunge works question the official celebrations connected with Australia's Bicentenary, especially Expo ’88, and interrogate predominantly white and masculinist notions of Australian identity. In so doing, they contribute to a less insular and ‘fuller version’ of Queensland literature.

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Queensland Review , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , June 2016 , pp. 72 - 83
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