The popular culture of romantic love in Australia /
This book explores how love was represented in Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It looks at the courtship practices of colonial Australians and what they understood by love. It traces the rise in popularity of Valentine's Day. It analyses how love has been represent...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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North Melbourne, Victoria :
Australian Scholarly Publishing,
2017.
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| Summary: | This book explores how love was represented in Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It looks at the courtship practices of colonial Australians and what they understood by love. It traces the rise in popularity of Valentine's Day. It analyses how love has been represented in film, television mini-series, romance novels, comics, pop and country music, the literature of sexology and representations and political debates about same-sex love and marriage. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-367) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781925588316 1925588319 |