GRAEME TURNER is Associate Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies in the Department of English at the University of Queensland and is one of the founders of Australian cultural studies. His publications include Myths of Oz (co-authored with John Fiske and Bob Hodge), Australian Television (co-edited with John Tulloch) and The Media in Australia (co-edited with Stuart Cunningham).

• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPreface to the second editionIntroduction1 National fictions: film, fiction and national culture2 The Australian context: nature and society3 The self in context4 Characterisation and individualism5 Representing the nation6 Complications and conclusionsAfterwordReferencesIndex

GRAEME TURNER is Associate Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies in the Department of English at the University of Queensland and is one of the founders of Australian cultural studies. His publications include Myths of Oz (co-authored with John Fiske and Bob Hodge), Australian Television (co-edited with John Tulloch) and The Media in Australia (co-edited with Stuart Cunningham).

• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPreface to the second editionIntroduction1 National fictions: film, fiction and national culture2 The Australian context: nature and society3 The self in context4 Characterisation and individualism5 Representing the nation6 Complications and conclusionsAfterwordReferencesIndex