{"product_id":"9780522878523-meanjin-vol-81-no-4","title":"Meanjin Vol 81, No 4","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Australia Where’ is the coverline for the December 2022 edition of \u003cem\u003eMeanjin\u003c\/em\u003e, Jonathan Green’s last as editor. Various essays in this edition address elements of national character and direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Australia Where'\u003c\/b\u003e is the coverline for the December 2022 edition of \u003ci\u003eMeanjin\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Green's last as editor. Various essays in this edition address elements of national character and direction.\u003cp\u003eHistorian \u003cb\u003eMark McKenna\u003c\/b\u003e's 'Australia in Four Referendums' looks at the recent sweep of referendum history since the momentous 1967 vote:\"In 1999, we effectively told our First Nations' people that addressing the republic was more important, more urgent, and potentially more nation-defining, than their exclusion from the constitution. It has taken twenty-three years to see how wrong that decision was, and how it reflected a deeply ingrained colonial mentality from which we are still struggling to emerge today.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDarumbal\/South Sea islander writer \u003cb\u003eAmy McQuire \u003c\/b\u003ewrites on 'The Act of Disappearing'\u003cb\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\"We do not know how many Aboriginal women have gone 'missing' in this country. To understand the violence of silence and silencing, we must first understand what has been silenced. And to understand, we must first listen to the families of women who have disappeared, and most critically, listen to Aboriginal women. We must do so by remembering that the acts that have been perpetrated against them do not define them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWaanyi writer \u003cb\u003eAlexis Wright\u003c\/b\u003e considers how her ancient culture has responded to ongoing destruction-and how to bear witness to the creation of a post-apocalyptic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Plus:\u003cb\u003e Guy Rundle\u003c\/b\u003e on the Australian Labor Party's right turn, \u003cb\u003ePaul Daley\u003c\/b\u003e on the enduring whiteness of our founding military mythology, \u003cb\u003eScott Stephens\u003c\/b\u003e on the choked breath of public discourse, \u003cb\u003eMark Kenny\u003c\/b\u003e on the possibility of a progressive patriotism, \u003cb\u003eBruce Pascoe\u003c\/b\u003e wonders when \"Australia can become herself\", \u003cb\u003eBernard Keane \u003c\/b\u003emakes the case for governance,\u003cb\u003e Tim Hollo \u003c\/b\u003eargues we won't know what happens next until we make it, while \u003cb\u003eAnne Spargo-Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e asks: \"Will we fuck for pleasure in the apocalypse?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Other essays from: \u003cb\u003eJo Chandler, Shannon Burns, Claire G Coleman, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Fatima Measham, Sara Saleh\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMartin Langford\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePeter Craven\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Memoir from: \u003cb\u003eNa'ama Carlin, Diana Blackwood\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMark E Dean\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e New fiction from: \u003cb\u003eKate Ryan, SJ Finn, Gregory Day, Tina Huang\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePenny Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e New poetry by: \u003cb\u003eJill Jones, Eileen Chong, Stella Theocharides, Angela Gardner, Judith Beveridge, Max Lavergne, Debbie Lim, Rachael Mead, Allis Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePaul Dawson.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Reviews by:\u003cb\u003e Maria Danuco, Zowie Douglas-Kinghorn, May Ngo \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e Ellen O'Brien.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40810216587361,"sku":"9780522878523","price":32.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40578045_3e0de1a9-ea11-47b2-828a-8ede37acaf70.jpg?v=1775099263","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780522878523-meanjin-vol-81-no-4","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}