Further information
De-story the joint: Collection of papers from the 2016 Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association Conference held in Brisbane. Papers explore the impact of Marilyn Waring’s work, colloquial language in Australian women’s magazines, food refusal and consumption in Brontë novels, ‘gay best friendship’ in films, the value of digital media activism and the presence of feminism in the online publication Mamamia.
Contents
Articles
- Introduction: ‘De-storying the Joint’ by Karla Elliott and Chantal Bourgault du Coudray
- In conversation with a living treasure: Women, political economy and the contributions of Professor Marilyn Waring by Kara Beavis
- Let’s talk it over: Colloquial language and women’s print media cultures in Australia, 1950–1966 by Catherine Horne Fisher
- Reading (not-)eating in the works of Emily and Charlotte Brontë by Sarah Pearce
- The unruly woman as straight man: The function of female film characters in gay best friendship by Kathryn Hummel
- What’s the matter with representation? Feminism, materialism, and online spaces by Mish Singh
- Feminism, celebrity and lifestyle in the Australian digital news site Mamamia by Hannah Garden and Kim Toffoletti
- Commentary: Speaking up for women in the neo-liberal university by Jeannie Rea
Publication details
Special issue editors
- Chantal Bourgault Du Coudray
- Karla Elliott
Editor
- Alison Bartlett
Editorial consultants
- Margaret Allen, University of Adelaide
- Carol Bacchi, University of Adelaide
- Barbara Baird, Flinders University
- Chris Beasley, University of Adelaide
- Delys Bird, University of Western Australia
- Chantal Bourgault, University of Western Australia
- Heather Brook, Flinders University
- Chilla Bulbeck, University of Adelaide
- Vic Burrows, University of Sydney
- Philip Butterss, University of Adelaide
- Tanya Dalziel, University of Western Australia
- Maryanne Dever , University of Newcastle
- Carole Ferrier, University of Queensland
- Sue Gannon, University of Western Sydney
- Fiona Giles, University of Sydney
- Jane Haggis, Flinders University
- Marg Henderson, University of Queensland
- Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide
- Jane Long, University of Western Australia
- Jane-Maree Maher, Monash University
- Kathie Muir, University of Adelaide
- Susan Oakley, University of Adelaide
- Lyn Parker, University of Western Australia
- Rhonda Shaw, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
- Terri-Ann White, University of Western Australia
With thanks to all the anonymous referees for their generosity and expertise.
University information
CRICOS Code: 00126G
