Saint Ned : The Story of The Near Sanctification Of An Australian Outlaw

Keith Dunstan

ISBN 10: 0454001983 / ISBN 13: 9780454001983

Edité par Methuen Of Australia, 1980

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Book condition very good. Hard cover. Dust jacket good, repaired on the back top-left hand corner with Acid free sticky tape. Book boards are clean front and back of the book. Book block is clean all side of the book. Text body clean throughout the book. Spine intact. Extra charges for over-sea shipping due to weight over 500gram. See photos. Saint Ned: The Story of the Near Sanctification of an Australian Outlaw by Keith Dunstan, published in 1980. It s a sharp, satirical look at how Ned Kelly, one of Australia s most infamous bushrangers, was transformed from a convicted criminal into a near-mythical folk hero. What the book explores: The legend-building around Ned Kelly, especially in the century following his execution in 1880. How popular culture films, plays, books, and even merchandise helped elevate Kelly to near-sainthood. A critique of the Australian psyche, which Dunstan suggests has a curious tendency to romanticize rebellion and outlaw behaviour. The commercialization of Kelly s image, from tourist attractions to memorabilia. It s not a dry biography it s witty, ironic, and questions why Australians have embraced a man who was, by all accounts, a horse thief and murderer, as a symbol of national identity. Book weight 0.635kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Saint Ned : The Story of The Near Sanctification Of An Australian Outlaw
• Éditeur: Methuen Of Australia
• Date de parution: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0454001983
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780454001983
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Good

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Light wear to boards, content clean and sharp, solidly bound, good DJ with some wear