'It pulsates with dramatic power': White Slavery, Popular Culture and Modernity in Australia in 1913

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Title 'It pulsates with dramatic power': White Slavery, Popular Culture and Modernity in Australia in 1913
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Abstract/Description This article will, firstly, outline the historical context of the white slavery panic and, secondly, examine The Warning and Traffic in Souls in order to explore how the language, images and metaphors connected with white slavery contributed to the discourses of modernity, sexuality, gender and whiteness. Finally, because both The Warning and Traffic in Souls are productions of modern, mass entertainment industries, they offer an opportunity to explore how popular culture forged connections between Australia and the phenomenon of global modernity.
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  • The Warning, Little Theatre , Sydney, NSW, 22 November 1913
Source Journal of Australian Studies, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
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Volume No. 82
Page 25-36, 175-178
Date Issued 2004
Language English
Citation Jeanette Delamoir, 'It pulsates with dramatic power': White Slavery, Popular Culture and Modernity in Australia in 1913, Journal of Australian Studies, No. 82, 2004, 25-36, 175-178
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Resource Identifier 52139