Paul Mitchell's wry and moving considerations of society's undercurrents chronicle an unsettlingly recognisable Australia. His three poetry collections have received national prizes and wide acclaim, and his short story collection Dodging the Bull was included in the 2008 The Age Summer Read program. He is also a playwright, screenwriter and essayist.Mitchell's varied oeuvre explores the beauty in the seemingly mundane, the troubled history of Australian masculinity, and finds spirituality in the murky depths of life. He has continued this exploration with his sensitive and rugged first novel, We. Are. Family.
1. Introduction
Part I: 2. Definition and theory
3. War
4. Women
5. Children
6. Media
7. Roads
8. Workmen
Part II: 9. The Law Revision Committee
10. Death
11. Contribution
12. Husbands
13. Contributory negligence
14. Conclusion: beyond 1950
Appendix. Gutteridge and Lipstein on defamation: 'Defamation in European Systems of Law' by K. Lipstein
'General Observations' by H. C. Gutteridge.
