In a passionate personal/political statement, Australia’s most celebrated festival director and cabaret artist accuses Australia and its political leaders of selling out its arts to populism and ‘the myth of the mainstream’. While at home Australians are tolerant, imaginative and flexible, the mainstream no longer allows for difference of opinion in public.
Platform Papers 4: The Myth of the Mainstream
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ISBN: 9780975730102
Author: Robyn Archer
Publication Date: 1/4/2005
Edition: First
Publisher: Currency House
Extent: 80pp.
Availability: Available
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