Mass-market fiction and the shaping of cultural identities in eleven Australian communities, 1880-1950

该项目分析了1888年至1950年期间在11个非大都市城镇和城市中的商业大众市场小说和故事的流通，以确定大众文化在澳大利亚历史的关键时期在塑造文化身份方面的作用。开发创新的研究方法的基础上，书籍的历史和书目，文学研究和文化史，该项目将重新评估收到的解释澳大利亚的文化过去，对大众文化及其对当地文化的影响的挑战假设，并在图书历史和文学研究的研究方法。

This project analyzes the circulation of commercial mass-market novels and stories in eleven non-metropolitan towns and cities between 1888 and 1950, in order to determine the role of mass culture in the shaping of cultural identities in Australia during a crucial period of its history. Developing innovative research methods based in book history and bibliography, literary studies, and cultural history, the project will reevaluate received explanations of Australia's cultural past, challenge assumptions about mass culture and its impact on local cultures, and advance research methods in book history and literary studies.