{"product_id":"2026100009287-secondhand-island-in-the-stream-myths-of-place-in-australian-culture","title":"Island In The Stream: Myths Of Place In Australian Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it truly mean to belong to a place — and what happens when that place is an island continent, simultaneously adrift from and anchored to the currents of world history? Island in the Stream: Myths of Place in Australian Culture, edited by Paul Foss, gathers a compelling collection of critical essays that interrogate the cultural, geographical, and ideological myths that have shaped Australia's unique national identity. Spanning a rich range of disciplines — from cultural theory and philosophy to art history and postcolonial studies — the anthology presents a rigorous intellectual excavation of how Australians have imagined, narrated, and contested their relationship to land, landscape, and belonging.\n\nPublished by the esteemed Pluto Press, a hallmark of radical and critical thought, this collection argues that Australia's self-image as an isolated landmass has profoundly conditioned its cultural production and political imagination. The contributors — a distinguished roster of Australian thinkers and cultural critics — illuminate the tensions between Indigenous heritage and settler mythology, between geographic reality and national fantasy. Foss curates these voices with a deft editorial hand, producing a work that is as provocative as it is illuminating, and one that leaves the reader questioning whether Australia's island mythology is a source of strength, limitation, or something far more complex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49276125020379,"sku":"2026100009287-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/df72a695-ba3f-4257-943c-fd541e0dc51f.png?v=1789092657","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009287-secondhand-island-in-the-stream-myths-of-place-in-australian-culture","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}