Writers Behaving Badly: Stead, Bourdieu and Australian Literary Culture
Abstract
Uses Pierre Bourdieu’s theories to explore unresolved contradictions in Christina Stead concerning her feminism, politics and reputation.
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Published 1 May 2001 in Volume 20 No. 1. Subjects: Australian literature and writers, Defining an Australian literature, Fiction, Literary career, Politics, Christina Stead.
Cite as: Rooney, Brigid. ‘Writers Behaving Badly: Stead, Bourdieu and Australian Literary Culture.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, 2001, doi: 10.20314/als.b0ea473e02.
- Brigid Rooney — Brigid Rooney is an Associate Professor (Affiliate) with the Department of English at the University of Sydney, and author of *Suburban Space, the Novel and Australian Modernity* (2018).Full details →