A Century of Composition by WomenAustralian Bush Songs as Multimodal Discourse: The Remarkable Collaboration of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Annie Rentoul, and Georgette Peterson
A Century of Composition by Women: Australian Bush Songs as Multimodal Discourse: The Remarkable...
Selleck, Johanna
2022-08-02 00:00:00
[In the early decades of the twentieth century, Melbourne was a city undergoing enormous political, social, and cultural transformation. Within this volatile melting pot, three women pursed their respective arts in close collaboration to produce a remarkable series of children’s songs and drawings on themes of the Australian bush. The renowned illustrator Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960), her sister, writer Annie Rattray Rentoul (1882–1978), and composer Georgette Peterson (1863–1947) published a series of popular and influential children’s books that were re-published at least 52 times over a period of approximately 30 years beginning with a launch at the historic Women’s Work Exhibition in Melbourne in 1907. The unique and artful combination of images, text, and music provides a rich example of multimodal discourse, literary theory, and semiotics. This chapter draws upon the work of authors including Bruno Bettelheim, Perry Nodelman, and Daniel Chandler. Through this analysis, it is argued that the work of these women can be considered as a form of ‘high art’ rather than devalued merely on the basis that it was created for children.]
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A Century of Composition by WomenAustralian Bush Songs as Multimodal Discourse: The Remarkable Collaboration of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Annie Rentoul, and Georgette Peterson
[In the early decades of the twentieth century, Melbourne was a city undergoing enormous political, social, and cultural transformation. Within this volatile melting pot, three women pursed their respective arts in close collaboration to produce a remarkable series of children’s songs and drawings on themes of the Australian bush. The renowned illustrator Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960), her sister, writer Annie Rattray Rentoul (1882–1978), and composer Georgette Peterson (1863–1947) published a series of popular and influential children’s books that were re-published at least 52 times over a period of approximately 30 years beginning with a launch at the historic Women’s Work Exhibition in Melbourne in 1907. The unique and artful combination of images, text, and music provides a rich example of multimodal discourse, literary theory, and semiotics. This chapter draws upon the work of authors including Bruno Bettelheim, Perry Nodelman, and Daniel Chandler. Through this analysis, it is argued that the work of these women can be considered as a form of ‘high art’ rather than devalued merely on the basis that it was created for children.]
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