Culture

  • Half way to liberation

    China for Women: Travel and Culture Spinifex Press, 1995. 357 pp., $24.95 (pb) Reviewed by Eva Cheng China for Women is a useful introduction to women's issues in China. It is handy for non-Chinese speakers, carrying enough in one collection

  • Theatre for the oppressed

    Augusto Boal is a major figure in world theatre. Any contemporary discussion about taking theatre to the people, of popularising it and renewing its relevance, cannot proceed without reference to him. Enthusiastic exponents of his

  • Melbourne MUDfest 1995

    Melbourne MUDfest 1995MELBOURNE — Melbourne University has been an artistic springboard for many performers, from Barry Humphries to the D Generation. Since 1990, the Melbourne University Drama Festival — MUDfest —

  • 'East Timor's struggle must inspire pro-democracy movements'

    DARWIN — During April and May, East Timor activist JOSE GUSMAO visited Portugal to take part in discussions with the East Timorese independence movement. On his return, Gusmao, who is the representative of CNRM (National Council for Maubere

  • One year after Cairo

    One year after Cairo In a statement issued by the International Planned Parenthood Federation on World Population Day, July 11, secretary general Halfdan Mahler decried the gap between promises made at the Cairo International Conference on

  • Marxism in the style of Beppo

    Rosa Luxemburg: A Life, By Elzbieta Ettinger Pandora, 1995. 325 pp., $22.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon It is a frustrating feature of the later films of the Marx Brothers that the Marxist funny business keeps getting interrupted by the

  • Ideas for winning indigenous rights

    Ideas for winning indigenous rights A good idea waiting to happen: regional agreements in Australia Proceedings from the Cairns workshop, July 1994 $15 from Colleen Burfitt, Cape York Land Council, PO Box 2496, Cairns Qld 4870 Reviewed by

  • Beijing conference compromise

    Beijing conference compromiseAs the Fourth World Conference on Women, due to be held in Beijing in September draws closer, a compromise has been reached on the controversial issue of a site for the NGO forum. Initially

  • A day in the life of Soweto

    Born in Soweto Directed by James Ricketson SBS, Friday, July 28, 8.30pm (8 in Adelaide) Previewed by Norm Dixon This Australian-made documentary, made soon after Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected president,

  • Still another side of Paul Weller

    Stanley Road Paul Weller Go! Discs Reviewed by Stuart Loasby Although he is best known for his achievements in the Jam and the Style Council through the '70s and '80s, Paul Weller's solo career, which began in 1992, has proved very

  • The music of wandering

    The music of wandering Latcho Drom: a journey into the soul of Gypsy culture Available through Larrikin records Reviewed by Sujatha Fernandes Latcho Drom is the soundtrack of the film of the same name currently screening around

  • The Cypriot tragedy

    Missing in Cyprus: Dead or Alive SBS, Thursday, July 20, 8.30pm (8 SA) Previewed by Michael Karadjis This is the most up to date report on the ongoing tragedy of 1619 Greek Cypriots who have been missing since 1974. In that year, the