Bibliograph

Prudish nation, life, love and libido, Paul Dalgarno

Type

Label

Prudish nation, life, love and libido, Paul Dalgarno

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Prudish nation

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Paul Dalgarno

Sub title

life, love and libido

Summary

From its early settler days and Federation to the extreme literary censorship of the 20th century, from the 2017 Marriage Amendment Act to presentday morality and identity politics, it's tempting to ask is 'funloving, laidback' Australia actually a bit, well, prudish? Interviewing more than 30 Australiabased authors and thinkers while examining his own journey towards being openly nonmonogamous, Poly author Paul Dalgarno pulls together social history and illuminating firsthand accounts of what it means to have 'unconventional' relationships with others and even with ourselves in 21stcentury Australia. Do authors such as Christos Tsiolkas, Dennis Altman and Andrea Goldsmith think we're more tolerant than we once were? Are writers such as Lee Kofman, Rochelle Siemienowicz and Jinghua Qian optimistic about the future? Do terms such as LGBTQIA+ help or hinder meaningful progress? How does transitioning now compare to transitioning in the 1990s? How does 'queerness' affect notions of parenthood? Do therapists and psychologists still operate from a straightwhitemale perspective and how can new practitioners such as popular psychologist and author Chris Cheers change that? Entertaining, insightful, funny and thoughtprovoking, Prudish Nation adjusts the country's bedside lamp to show us a little more clearly who and what we really are

Target audience

adult

Creator