Top blokes, the larrikin myth, class and power, Lech Blaine
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Top blokes, the larrikin myth, class and power, Lech Blaine
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Top blokes
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Lech Blaine
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Quarterly essay, 83
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the larrikin myth, class and power
Summary
The figure of the larrikin goes deep in Australian culture. But who can be a larrikin, and what are its political uses? This brilliant essay looks at Australian politics through the prisms of class, egalitarianism and masculinity. Lech Blaine examines some "top blokes," with particular focus on Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese, but stretching back to Bob Hawke and Kerry Packer. He shows how Morrison brought a cohort of voters over to the Coalition side, "flipping" what was once workingclass Labor culture. Blaine weaves his own experiences through the essay as he explores the persona of the Aussie larrikin. What are its hidden contradictions can a larrikin be female, or Indigenous, say? and how has it been transformed by an age of affluence and image?
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adult
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Quarterly essay, Issue 83 2021, Top blokes
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