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Start date: 2002 × Subject: Australian history × Type: Masters Research thesis × Author: Sellers, Tonia Louise ×

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    “Romantic, idealistic, fiercely partisan”: emotion and the Communist Party of Australia, 1920-1945
    Sellers, Tonia Louise ( 2022)
    This thesis questions and explores the role of emotion in the Communist Party of Australia (CPA), 1920-1945. During this time, the CPA grew from a small fringe group to the dominant force in Australia’s Far-Left, and members’ lived experiences of Party life varied widely. Through the use of oral history interviews, autobiographies, and CPA publications, this research seeks to understand how Party authorities wanted members to experience emotions, and how they hoped these emotions would manifest in individuals’ behaviour. It demonstrates ways that individual members responded to these expectations, and aims to show how communists managed and expressed their feelings in this environment.