"Three Dollars": Neo-liberalism, Virtue and Fortune in Recent Australian Fiction

Gilfedder, Deirdre

Gilfedder, Deirdre (2012-06), "Three Dollars": Neo-liberalism, Virtue and Fortune in Recent Australian Fiction, International Symposium "Money and Literature/ Money in Literature", 2012-06, Paris, France

Type

Communication / Conférence

Date

2012-06

Conference title

International Symposium "Money and Literature/ Money in Literature"

Conference date

2012-06

Conference city

Paris

Conference country

France

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Gilfedder, Deirdre

Abstract (EN)

This paper will discuss Elliot Perlman's novel Three Dollars, set in 1980s Australia when government reforms introduced neo-liberal policies into the economy of this nation whose nationalism had formerly proned protectionism. The novel is concerned with the shape that a market-minded society is giving to masculinity as the hero Eddie seeks to fulfill and/or dodge his uncle's materialist argument, " A man is, both to the world and his wife, the sum of his material effects, his house, his furniture, his car, his business..."

Subjects / Keywords

Australia; market-minded society