Bode, Katherine2011-09-212011-09-210004-9697http://hdl.handle.net/1885/8657The consistency of the themes surrounding male damage in contemporary Australian women's fictions indicates the presence and nature of a discourse of masculinity crisis. Novels by Australian women published since the 1990s is used as a case study to open up discussion of this Australian trend and explore its similarities and differences to the American discourse of masculinity crisis.17 pages"Copyright of Full Text rests with the original copyright owner and, except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, copying this copyright material is prohibited without the permission of the owner or its exclusive licensee or agent or by way of a license from Copyright Agency Limited" - from article. "I do give my permission to deposit three of Katherine’s articles published in ALS" - email dated 15/9/11, from Manager, Australian Literary StudiesAustralian literature, masculinity, male embodiment, damaged male bodies, crisis of masculinity, whiteness2006