The Transnational Voices of Australias Migrant and Minority Press (Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media)

This edited collection invites the reader to enter the diverse worlds of Australia’s migrant and minority communities through the latest research on the contemporary printed press, spanning the mid-nineteenth century to our current day. With a focus on the rare, radical and foreign-language print culture of multiple and frequently concurrent minority groups’ newspaper ventures, this volume has two overarching aims: firstly to demonstrate how the local experiences and narratives of such communities are always forged and negotiated within a context of globalising forces – the global within the local; and secondly to enrich an understanding of the complexity of Australian ‘voices’ through this medium not only as a means for appreciating how the cultural heritage of such communities were sustained, but also for exploring their contributions to the wider society. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Australia’s Minority Community Printed Press History in Global Context: An Introduction (Catherine Dewhirst, Richard Scully)....Pages 1-17 The Satirical Press of Colonial Australia: A Migrant and Minority Enterprise (Richard Scully)....Pages 19-36 “Cement, Guide and Representative for the Exile and the Emigrant”: Ideological Discourse and italianit` in L’Italo-Australiano (Marianna Piantavigna)....Pages 37-59 Australia’s Early Russian-Language Press (1912–1919) (Kevin Windle)....Pages 61-79 Respectability and Disloyalty: The Competing Obligations of L’Italiano’s Editors (Catherine Dewhirst)....Pages 81-105 Zionism, Assimilationism and Antifascism: Divergent International Jewish Pathways in Three Post-War Australian Jewish Magazines (Max Kaiser)....Pages 107-125 Literary Ambitions: The Polish-Language Press in Australia (Katarzyna Kwapisz Williams, Mary Besemeres)....Pages 127-149 Exploring the Migrant Experience Through an Examination of Letters to The New Australian (Karen Agutter)....Pages 151-167 Crónicas in Australia’s Spanish-Language Press: The Case of El Expreso (Michael Jacklin)....Pages 169-187 News Reporting of Italian Organised Crime in Australia: Examining Il Globo’s Editorial Commentary (Clare Johansson, Simone Battiston)....Pages 189-208 A Treasure Trove of Community Language Newspapers (Hilary Berthon)....Pages 209-224 Back Matter ....Pages 225-257 This edited collection is the first of two volumes and invites the reader to enter the diverse worlds of Australia's migrant and minority communities through the latest research on the contemporary printed press, spanning the mid-nineteenth century to our current day. With a focus on the rare, radical and foreign-language print culture of multiple and frequently concurrent minority groups' newspaper ventures, these volumes have two overarching aims: firstly to demonstrate how the local experiences and narratives of such communities are always forged and negotiated within a context of globalising forces - the global within the local; and secondly to enrich an understanding of the complexity of Australian 'voices' through this medium not only as a means for appreciating how the cultural heritage of such communities were sustained, but also for exploring their contributions to the wider society