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Friday essay: the complex, contradictory pleasures of pulp fiction

  • Written by Peter Leo Doyle, Associate Professor of Media, Macquarie University
Australian pulp fiction: these works can be read as a symptom, laying bare the unspoken fears, desires, dreams and nightmares of the timeAuthor provided

That Sergeant Peppers album cover roll call of heroes seems a rather quaint exercise now. We’ve still got lists of heroes and anti-heroes but indie culture watchers and streetcorner critics...

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