
Australia as the Antipodal Utopia
European Imaginations From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
- 152 pages
- English
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Australia as the Antipodal Utopia
European Imaginations From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
About this book
Australia has a fascinating history of visions. As the antipode to Europe, the continent provided a radically different and uniquely fertile ground for envisioning places, spaces and societies. Australia as the Antipodal Utopia evaluates this complex intellectual history by mapping out how Western visions of Australia evolved from antiquity to the modern period. It argues that because of its antipodal relationship with Europe, Australia is imagined as a particular form of utopia – but since one person's utopia is, more often than not, another's dystopia, Australia's utopian quality is both complex and highly ambiguous. Drawing on the rich field of utopian studies, Australia as the Antipodal Utopia provides an original and insightful study of Australia's place in the Western imagination.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword by Bill Ashcroft
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Arcadia Australis
- Chapter 2 The Civilising Mission
- Chapter 3 Antipodal Inversion
- Chapter 4 The Antipodal Uncanny
- Chapter 5 Antipodal Monstrosity
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index