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On the war-path : an anthology of Australian military travel Edited by Robin Gerster and Peter Pierce Published by Melbourne University Press (2004) |
Book description
'Travel is a political as well as recreational action. And one of the mainavenues of travel has been military, both in the excursionary exploits ofwarring armies and in the massed battalions of war tourists - that hybridcollection of pilgrims and patriots, voyeurs and vandals - who follow in theirwake.' This important anthology reveals the many ways in which going to war hasformed a cultural bridge between Australia and the world. From the Sudan in 1885to Afghanistan in 2001, the connection of war to travel is illustrated in theobservations of writers as varied as 'Banjo' Paterson, George Johnston, NancyWake, John Pilger, Lily Brett and Peter Weir. Selecting writings from combatantsabroad as well as the reflections of sightseers who travel to foreignbattlefields and war sites, Robin Gerster and Peter Pierce reveal how theexperience of war has both broadened and refined (and sometimes distorted)Australian views of the world. Their lively collection crosses the boundariesbetween literature, literary criticism, travel writing, war writing and culturalcommentary.
About the Author
Robin Gerster is Associate Professor in the School of Literary, Visual &Performance Studies at Monash University. He has published in the areas of warand travel literatures. Associate Professor Gerster was awarded The Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award 1988for Big-noting: The Heroic Theme in Australian War Writing (1987).
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