| Reference Type |
book
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| Title |
Diasporas of Australian Cinema |
| Author(s) | Catherine Simpson |
| State |
Unknown |
| Country |
Australia |
| Publication Date |
11-08-2009 |
| Citation Date |
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| Comments |
Diasporas of Australian Cinema is pivotal in understanding why and how Australian's are represented in film and why there is a defining line between what is considered to attract an audience. There has and will always be a line of how different cultures are represented in Australian film and with this comes the 'boring' notion of what so many people continue to find with Australian films. It is important to draw links to modern day society and discover that there is more to a story than simply the tale of the white man and the black man in the 1960s, such as the film of September. People from all over the world live in Australia, and Simpson highlights this as to why people do not see these films if they are are not being represented in any way at all.
(Faik Demir) |
| Synopsis |
Diasporas of Australian Cinema is the first volume of essays to focus on diasporic hybridity and cultural diversity in Australian film-making over the past century. Topics include, post-war documentaries and migration, Asian-Australian subjectivity, cross-cultural romance, 'wogsploitation' comedy, and post-ethnic cinema. This collection also provides a comprehensive filmography making it a useful reference text for scholars of Australian film and cultural studies. The book is a vital contribution to the burgeoning international body of critical work on diasporic cinemas. |
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