| Author(s) |
Scully, Richard
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| Publication Date |
2020
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| Abstract |
This chapter re-assesses the colonial Australian versions of the London <i>Punch</i>, making a case for their importance as essentially migrant and minority publications. Founded as a means of maintaining a sense of Britishness, and as a direct link to the culture of Metropolitan London, these magazines were staffed overwhelmingly by migrants (from Britain and elsewhere), directed to a predominantly migrant readership, and filled their pages with migration-themed jokes, cartoons, and pieces of doggerel. The everyday worries of a stranger in a strange land could be soothed by reference to the humour of the local satirical magazine, and a sense of shared community built through regular recourse to the pages of <i>Melbourne Punch, Sydney Punch, Tasmanian Punch, Ballarat Punch, Adelaide Punch, Queensland Punch</i>, or even <i>Ipswich Punch</i>.
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| Citation |
The Transnational Voices of Australia's Migrant and Minority Press, p. 19-36
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| ISBN |
9783030436391
9783030436414
9783030436384
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| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
Palgrave Macmillan
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| Series |
Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
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| Edition |
1
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| Title |
The Satirical Press of Colonial Australia: A Migrant and Minority Enterprise
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| Type of document |
Book Chapter
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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