Billy Blue: power, popular culture and mimicry in early Sydney

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William Blue, who died in 1834, was an extremely significant figure in laughter, jest and parody in the early history of Sydney, Australia. Because of his longevity, he featured strongly in popular accounts about early Sydney characters. A subsidiary theme regarding his life was the transformation of him as a convict and black man into a figure less likely to offend the sensibilities of White Australians about race and convicts. It can be argued that Blue created and exploited libertarian social space in ways which authority could portray as basically harmless. He mocked authority, but deluded it into believing that his performances were harmless fun.

Popular culture, Sydney, Australia, Blue, William

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The evangelist as star: the Billy Graham Crusade in Australia, 1959

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Evangelist Billy Graham preached on a range of issues of local and international concern during the Billy Graham Crusade in Australia in 1959. His message boosted a prevailing concern about declining moral standards. He attracted very large crowds, even by the standards of the 1950s, and it is very interesting to consider who attended his meetings. It can be argued that the meetings were the ultimate expression of the star-audience relationship, with many of those who attended being attracted to Graham's physical appearance. Their apparent spontaneity was in fact the result of lengthy and detailed preparation.

Australia, Religious aspects, Evangelists, Graham, Billy

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Psychoanalysis of dreams: dream theory and its relationship to literature and popular culture: Freud, Billy Joel, Appelfeld, and Abe

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Noted psychiatrist Sigmund Freud's dream theory may have been influenced by the literature he read as a child. Based on the premise that dream analysis and literature are interconnected, then any modern interpretation of dreams must take into consideration literary implications and references. Some examples are Billy Joel's musical album, 'River of Dreams,' Madonna's 'Dear Jessie' Kobo Abe's 'Woman in the Dunes' and Aharon Appelfeld's 'Badenheim 1939.'

Analysis, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Criticism and interpretation, Works, Bibliography, Freud, Sigmund, Dreams, Dream analysis, Madonna (American entertainer), Joel, Billy, Appelfeld, Aharon, Woman in the Dunes (Book), Badenheim 1939 (Book), Interpretation of Dreams (Book), Abe, Kobo

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