Larrikins [electronic resource] : A History
Bellanta, Melissa2012
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Australia has often been said to possess a “larrikin streak,” from the Stiffy and Mo cartoons and the true-blue Crocodile Hunter to the characters in the silent film The Sentimental Bloke. When it first emerged around 1870, larrikin was a term of abuse, used to describe teenage, working-class hell-raisers who populated dance halls and cheap theaters, and this account journeys through the street-based youth subculture known as larrikinism between 1870 and 1920, swerving through the streets of Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. Offering a glimpse into the lives of Australia’s first larrikins—and discussing bare-knuckle fighting, football-barracking, and knicker-flashing teenage girls—it charts the development of Australia’s larrikinism and presents fascinating historical perspectives on current youth issues, including gang violence, racist riots, and raunchy culture among adolescent girls.
Main title:
Larrikins [electronic resource] : A History / Melissa Bellanta
Author:
Bellanta, Melissa, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : University of Queensland Press, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Melissa Bellanta is a Queensland-based historian who has written about popular theater, masculinitiy, and class. Her work has been published in journals such as Australasian Drama Studies, Australian Historical Studies, Labour History, and the Journal of Social History. She also recently edited a special issue of the Journal of Australian Studies.
ISBN:
97807022477439780702247750
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
327895
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