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1 online resource (254 pages) |
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Anglistische Forschungen ; 465 |
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Anglistische Forschungen.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Imprint -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- I ADOLESCENCE -- NATION -- FILM: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS -- 1 Introduction -- Adolescence and the Nation -- 1.1 The Adolescent Nation: National Fictions of Becoming -- 1.2 The Adolescent Nation: Coming of Age in Film -- 2 Young Australia and the Potential of Adolescence -- 2.1 Concepts of the 'Child' in a Colonial and Postcolonial Context -- 2.2 The History of Young Australia -- 2.3 Colonial Cartoon Images: The Little Boy from Manly -- 2.4 Constructions of the 'Poor Child' |
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2.5 Conceptualising the Liminal: Classical Theories of Coming of Age -- 2.6 Coming of Age in Australian Films -- 2.7 Coming of Age in 'Toomelah' -- 3 The Coming of Age Narrative in Australian Film History -- 3.1 Australian National Cinema -- 3.2 Before the Australian New Wave -- 3.3 The 1970s: Australianness and History -- 3.3.1 The Period Films -- 3.3.2 The Ocker Films -- 3.4 The 1980s: Nationalism and Nostalgia -- 3.4.1 The Male Ensemble Film and its Other -- 3.4.2 The Nostalgic Teen Film -- 3.5 The 1990s: Eccentricity and Individuality -- 3.5.1 The "quota quirky." |
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3.5.2 Internationalising the Teen Film -- 3.5.3 The Multicultural Moment -- 3.6 The 2000s: Cinema after Mabo -- II COMING OF AGE IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AUSTRALIA -- 1 A Journey In-Between: The Road Movie -- 1.1 The Road in Cinema -- 1.1.1 The Role of the Landscape -- 1.1.2 Children on the Road -- 1.2 The Indigenous 'No Road' Film -- 1.2.1 The Road to Sovereignty in 'Beneath Clouds' -- 1.2.2 The Indigenous Buddy Road Comedy 'Stone Bros.' -- 1.3 Stories of Migration in Asian Australian Film -- 1.3.1 The Role of Cars and Mobility in 'Lucky Miles' |
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1.3.2 In-Between Lands: Boat People in 'Mother Fish' -- 2 Disrupted Families and Delinquent Youth: Stories of Crime -- 2.1 Crime and Youth in Australian Cinema -- 2.2 Larrikins and the City in 'Two Hands' -- 2.3 The Criminal Family in 'Animal Kingdom' -- 2.4 Suburban Nightmares in 'Snowtown' -- 3 Rewriting National Icons: Sports in Film -- 3.1 Sports and Australian National Identity -- 3.2 Racism and the Football Ground: 'Australian Rules' -- 3.3 Australian Beach Culture and Masculinity -- 3.3.1 Sports and Masculinities -- 3.3.2 The Beach in the Australian Imaginary |
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3.3.3 Lifesavers and Homophobia in 'Drown' -- 4 'Messed-up' Girls and Sexual Attraction: Romance -- 4.1 Becoming Girl: Female Desire and 'Beautiful Kate' -- 4.2 Performing the Girl: 'Somersault' -- 4.3 'Adoration' and Becoming Woman: The May-December Romance -- 5 Coming of Age and the 'Mainstream': The Musical Film -- 5.1 Musicals and Indigenous Australian 'Mainstreaming' -- 5.2 Transnational Cinema: 'The Sapphires' -- 5.3 Towards Reconciliation: 'Bran Nue Dae' -- 6 Instead of a Conclusion -- III SOURCE MATERIAL -- Bibliography -- Filmography |
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Appendix: Film List -- Coming of Age in Australian Cinema |
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Coming-of-age films -- Australia
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Motion pictures -- Australia -- History and criticism
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Coming-of-age films
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Motion pictures
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783825378356 |
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3825378357 |
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