CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction: Matters of Genre and Gender 1
Chapter 1: Investigating Masculinities: Novels of Mystery and Detection 12
Untangling the Past 17
Dad's the Word 25
Uncanny Places 31
Conclusion 37
Chapter 2: Young Anzacs: Engaging with War History 39
Returning to the...
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction: Matters of Genre and Gender 1
Chapter 1: Investigating Masculinities: Novels of Mystery and Detection 12
Untangling the Past 17
Dad's the Word 25
Uncanny Places 31
Conclusion 37
Chapter 2: Young Anzacs: Engaging with War History 39
Returning to the Bush 44
The Tragic Hero 47
Past Parallels 56
Conclusion 64
Chapter 3: Life Lessons: Navigating Crisis in Novels of Development 66
Driving Lessons 71
Querying Compulsory Heterosexuality 79
Maintaining Class Behaviour 86
Conclusion 89
Chapter 4: Fools in Love: Orienting Happiness in Comedic Novels 91
Fake It Until You Nearly Make It 96
Accommodating Humour 102
Looking at Happiness 108
Conclusion 114
Chapter 5: Still Human: Survival in Post-Disaster Fiction 116
Maintaining Your Humanity 120
Reordering Bodies 130
Quest for Purpose 136
Conclusion 141
Chapter 6: Marvellous Bodies: Humanism and Action Science Fiction 142
Thrilling Bodies, Humanist Ideals 147
The Price of Being Superhuman 153
Disabling the Body 159
Conclusion 164
Conclusion: Constraints and Choices 166
Bibliography 170
Index 189
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