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Point Of View Race And Gender
1,203 wordsThea Astley's Its Raining in Mango (1987) is a story of Australian history told through five generations of the Laffey family. Astley introduces several issues to the reader that were and still are part of Australian society. Through the use of narrative techniques including characterisation, narrative point of view and naming, Astley is able to position the reader to challenge such societal ideologies, and instead support the thoughts and ideas expressed by the strong and dominant characters in...
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20 Th Century Avant Garde
2,580 wordsThe environment was major contributing factor to the evolution of Australian art in the 20 th century. The elemental landscape; isolation and distance, the imposition of the mythical and the visionary on the landscape, national identity (the universal and the regional) and the demise of Arcadia and romantic idealism interweave magnificently to present the impact of surroundings on the artwork of such a then delicate nation. In retrospect it was the surroundings / climate /atmosphere / feeling an...
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European Cultural Hegemony And Australian Aboriginals
1,120 wordsThe relationship between the indigenous people of Australia and their native lands are essential to their traditional culture. The colonization of their nations by Europeans has lead to a destruction of this relationship and therefore of indigenous cultural practices and norms. This process was predicated upon European cultural norms and established a cultural hegemony of European culture over indigenous culture. The effects of this cultural hegemony by mainstream Australia can be observed throu...
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Education Public Morality In Australia
1,057 wordster> The Influence of Education & Public Morality in Australia during 1788 - 1900 While Christianity played a crucial part in all aspects of Australian society throughout the pre-federation years 1788 to 1900, it had a significant impact on education and public morality. Th influence of Christianity in education was evident through the establishment of a separate education system and, in public morality the formation of the temperance movement as well as other actions. Education was gr...
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Single Parent Families Theoretical Perspectives
1,502 words... Aspin, 1996). Single-parenting figures have risen due to several reasons including an aspiration for higher educational qualifications; women have increased job opportunities and they are hence able to support their families. Technological advances in fertility treatments now make it possible and easier for single women to have children, and also, with the ease of divorce and social service benefits, single-parenthood is more appealing. When consider the increase in single parent families an...
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Maintaining Gender Roles In Contemporary Australian Society
1,290 wordsA distinction is sometimes made between gender and sex, such that gender refers to socially conditioned characteristics or typical behaviour, and sex to the physical characteristics of men and women. The definition of gender is sociological concerns of sexual difference and human behaviours or a set of classes, such as masculine, feminine and neuter, which together include all nouns. The discussion of how the differences of gender are maintained in society today covers many different areas, such...
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Single Parent Families Theoretical Perspectives
3,076 wordsThrough interpreting the information in the table below, construct an argument that accounts for the trends in marriage and fertility rates. Give alternative explanations for changes in family structure. Support your argument with information from the table and other evidence form you course. Selected Family Trends in Australia Over Three Decades Early 1970 sLate 1990 s Rate of cohabitation prior to marriage 15 % 60 %Median age at first marriage (women / men ) 21 / 23. 426 / 28 Total fertility r...
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Violence Against Women Twenty Years Ago
1,950 wordsIn David Williamson Part A In his play The Club, David Williamson presents numerous Australian attitudes of the 1970 s. However, many of these attitudes are still relevant and fairly accurate representations of Australian attitudes in the 1990 s, although some of course have changed somewhat over the time since the play was written nearly twenty years ago. Tradition plays a very important part in The Club. Each of the characters of course has his own ideas and attitudes towards tradition, but th...
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Low Self Esteem Domestic Violence
2,099 wordsDomestic violence is a significant social issue that has a major impact upon the health of women in society. Discuss this statement and identify the factors that may contribute to domestic violence. Domestic violence is known by many names including spouse abuse, domestic abuse, domestic assault, battering, partner abuse, marital strife, marital dispute, wife beating, marital discord, woman abuse, dysfunctional relationship, intimate fighting, male beating and so on. McCue (1995) maintains that ...
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Public Morality Financial Aid
1,071 wordsEducation &# 038; Public Morality In Australia Essay, Education &# 038; Public Morality In Australia The Influence of Education &# 038; Public Morality in Australia during 1788 - 1900 While Christianity played a crucial part in all aspects of Australian society throughout the pre-federation years 1788 to 1900, it had a significant impact on education and public morality. Th influence of Christianity in education was evident through the establishment of a separate education system and, in public ...
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