‘Struggle Street’: Re-staging the private for public consumption

Australia has not come far in alleviating poverty since Bob Hawke declared in 1987 ‘no child would be living in poverty by 1990.’ Whether living in a house or homeless, employed or unemployed, many Australians are still living below the poverty line. This paper examines the reality TV program ‘Strug...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wendy Lawton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Western Australia 2020-12-01
Series:Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
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Online Access:https://www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/3646747/Limina-26-1_04_Lawton_Struggle-Street.pdf