Liveable Communities Conference
Abstract
The significance of broadening understandings of Australian culture by examining the creative and vernacular improvisations of the 44 gallon drum will demonstrate to what extent these adaptions are gender specific. A comprehensive investigation employing critical discourse analysis of existing literature and a review of popular press will provide evidence of vernacular adaptations, values reinforced in the media, symbolic and cultural associations as well as examples of sustainable use or re-use.
Keywords
culture, creative practice, gender, media, myth, values, memory
Detail
A poster showcase On the 7th and 8th November 2002 supporting Alexander Hayes application for admittance into the Higher Degree studies, Doctorate of Creative Arts through the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and also the Folklore Institute at Curtin University, Western Australia.
Suggested Citation
Hayes, A. (2002) The 44 Gallon Drum: Interrogation of an Australian Myth. Poster Exhibition. ‘Livable Communities’ Sixth Annual Humanities Postgraduate Research Conference. Humanities Graduate Studies Office, Curtin University, Western Australia.
Downloads
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