Humanity

Humanity 2007

Papers delivered at the February 2007 Maquarie-Newcastle Humanities Postgraduate Symposium held at Macquarie University in February 2007.

Theme: The Power of Perceptions

CONTENTS
Robyn Arrowsmith	Australian WWII War Brides of American Servicemen: myths, stereotypes and realities
Matthew Bailey	Perceptions of Shopping Centre Development in Sydney: a celebratory or more complex history?
Joyleen Christensen	Big Fish/Little Fish: Perceptions of Celebrity
Louise Colbran	A Dangerous Fiction: Challenging the Perception of Masculinity in the Novels of Michael Chabon.
Bridget Deane	Roar Britannia?
Robert Dick	Perceptions of Communism in Australia – Reception and Rejection
Belinda Downes	Defining disability linguistically
Liz Gould	Talkback radio: power and perception
Kyoko Hatakeyma	Trajectory of Japan’s security policy: The power of perceptions
Andrew Pleffer	I’m a Bluesman: The role of perception in the construction of blues music
Marianne Rhydderch	Just What are Perceptions?
Danuta Shaw	Coffee at Nanna’s
Heather Simmonds	Conveying the Existentialist World: A Goth Perspective
Russ Swinnerton	Mis-Perception: Metaphor as a metaphor for the reception of fictional narratives
Susan Turner	“Silent Partners”. The Horse and Chariot and the Image of the King.
Anne Wills	Governing for the mainstream – the manipulation of the concept of 'mainstream Australia’ by the Howard government. Where do people with disabilities fit?
Kim Wilson	Perceiving Reality in Historical Fiction