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Dr

Troy Potter

Lecturer In Secondary English And Literacy
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
literature
arts & humanities
postcolonialism
place
affect
genre
upsilon a fiction
detection
young adult literature
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Dr

Troy Potter

 
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Melbourne Graduate School of Education
 
Primary Interest
Australian literature
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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 8 most recent scholarly works by Troy Potter.

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Spectral motherhood and maternal grieving: language and sudden unexplained death in infancy in Australian juvenile fiction

Troy Potter

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF GENDER STUDIES

Written by adults for children, children’s literature plays a significant role in shaping readers’ identities and worldviews, incl..

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‘Can Gay Boys Have Bromances?’ Regulating Masculinity and Sexuality in Gay Young Adult Novels

Troy Potter

Book Chapter  |  2021

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Books for Boys Manipulating Genre in Contemporary Australian Young Adult Fiction

Troy Potter

Book  |  2018

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Identifying with Trauma: Reframing Anzac in Contemporary Australian Young Adult Literature

Troy Potter

Journal article  |  2016  |  BOOKBIRD-A JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS LITERATURE

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Ghosts of Australia Past: Postcolonial Haunting in Australian Adolescent Mystery Novels

Troy Potter

Journal article  |  2015  |  INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH IN CHILDRENS LITERATURE

This essay explores the use of haunting in two Australian adolescent mystery novels, Victor Kelleher's Baily's Bones (1988) and An..

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Abject Magic: Reasoning Madness in Justine Larbalestier's Magic or Madness Trilogy

Troy Potter

Journal article  |  2014  |  CHILDRENS LITERATURE IN EDUCATION

This paper explores the representation of magic and madness in Justine Larbalestier's Magic or Madness trilogy (2005-2007). Throug..

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Institutionalizing Maternity: The Treatment of Mothers with Mental Illness in Contemporary Novels for Children

Troy Potter, Elizabeth Parsons

Journal article  |  2011  |  Feminist Formations

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(Re)Constructing Masculinity: Representations of Men and Masculinity in Australian Young Adult Literature

Troy Potter

Journal article  |  2007  |  Papers Explorations into Children's Literature

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Literary Studies
Gender Studies
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Cultural Studies

News

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Teen summer reads: how to escape to another world after a year stuck in this one

Troy Potter

ShutterstockThis article is part of three-part series on summer reads for young people after a very unique year..

December 21, 2020
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The kids are alright: young adult post-disaster novels can teach us about trauma and survival

Troy Potter

Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010). AAP/Paramount PicturesCOVID-19 is changing the way we live. Panic buying, goods shortages, lockdown – ..

July 1, 2020
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Credentials

Positions

Lecturer In Secondary English And Literacy

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Member

Australasian Children's Literature Association for Research

Member

International Research Society for Children's Literature

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy

Monash University

Doctor of Philosophy

Monash University

Master of Education

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

University of New South Wales

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