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Autobiography of a great Australian comedy actor.

Discusses the rise and fall of the original sideshows and their subsequent replacement by performances of today's self-made freaks. These fascinating personalities are celebrated through intimate biographies paired with stunning photographs.

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This book lists and evaluates the best and most representative books on all aspects of Australian life.

Autobiography of a great Australian actress.

Not price clipped. quarter-bound blue boards and blue cloth. Gift dedication on half-title.

The World's Weirdest Sideshow Acts.

"Some twenty years ago Habermas introduced the idea of analyzing contemporary society from a historical and practical standpoint while remaining faithful to the canons of empirical science. Although the general features of this idea are still evident in his mature views, his original conception of critical social theory has undergone considerable development". Introduction by Thomas McCarthy.

An introduction to the basic concepts and skills of textual analysis. From Saussure to Bourdieu, this text presents a range of approaches to the study of communication and culture. It shows how the division between theory and practice can be overcome.

This book brings together essays from a range of perspectives on the sociology of film.

This book grew out of a large international conference - "Cultural Studies Now and in the Future" at the University of Illinois.

Essays compiled by The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies.

This book explores drama as literature and provides critical overviews of different aspects of drama and the dramatic. It first asks what a play is, before going on to examine dramatic language, action and tension, dramatic irony, characters and drama's relationship with modern criticism and the novel.This book will be a valuable resource to those studying drama and English literature.

A novel exposing an insider's view of the carnival underworld - the cons, the double-dealing, the quick banter, and, of course, the easy money.

Feminist Aesthetics reflects the current thinking among German scholars and artists. Novelist Christa Wolf probes the pre-Homeric significance of Cassandra, prophetess of Troy.

This edition of this classic resource illustrates the most recent approaches in film theory, including semiotic and structuralist imperatives, Marxist historical and Freudian psychoanalytic analysis, and feminist and deconstructionist views.

Formations is a series of feminist and socialist cultural theory, history and debate. It was published twice a year.Formations of Pleasure explores the social management of what we enjoy and the possibilities of creating new forms of pleasure to displace existing ones.

Gotcha investigates the rise of tabloid media culture. The author argues that laments about modern culture are shortsighted and that the tabloid tide heralds a more democratic era.

Biography. The founder of The Ensemble Theatre, Sydney.

In his careful studies of three major stars, the author opens up many new avenues of approach. Through readings of the films of Marilyn Monroe, Paul Robeson and Judy Garland, combined wth a wealth of material from other sources, he show just how the screen image of each star was constructed.