The Soldier, the Shearer and the Mad Man: Horizons of Community in Some Australian Films

The Bulletin, a journal established in 1880 and, in a different form, still going today, had no small role in representing the idea of the Australian nation as a unity of white men. The early Australian film industry also did its share in representing white Australia-threatened, particularly, by Asi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Literature film quarterly 1993-01, Vol.21 (2), p.139-156
1. Verfasser:	Mortimer, Lorraine
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Armed forces Australian culture Business Collectivities Community Courtrooms Cultural relations Culture Film criticism Film theory Humor Inheritances Men Motion picture industry Motion pictures Movies Politics Soldiers War
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Zusammenfassung:	The Bulletin, a journal established in 1880 and, in a different form, still going today, had no small role in representing the idea of the Australian nation as a unity of white men. The early Australian film industry also did its share in representing white Australia-threatened, particularly, by Asiatic hordes. Those of us who live here now inherit this semi-imaginary Australia, with all its ambiguity and differential kindness.
ISSN:	0090-4260 2573-7597