Diasporas of Australian Cinema

by Murawska, Renata

• ISBN13: 9781841501970
• ISBN10: 1841501972
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781841503363
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-03
• Publisher: Intellect L & D E F A E
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Summary

This volume is the first to focus exclusively on diasporic filmmaking and the rich cultural diversity within Australian cinema, and it contains previously unpublished articles by some of the foremost experts on Australian cinema in the world. Contributors toDiasporas of Australian Cinemadiscuss a variety of contemporary and historical filmmaking, encompassing documentaries, features and short films. A number of key feature films are discussed includingForty Thousand Horsemen, Silver City, Wog Boy,Head On, Russian Doll, Japanese Story,andLucky Miles. Opening with a comprehensive chapter that introduces the organizing concept of this volume, diasporic hybridity, the essays go on to explore migration, Asian-Australian subjectivity, cross-cultural romance, Islamic-Australian identity and "wogsploitation" comedy. A useful reference source for scholars of film, migration, cultural, and Australian studies,Diasporas of Australian Cinemaalso features a comprehensive filmography listing Australian features, documentaries and shorts with significant diasporic content.

Author Biography

Catherine Simpson and Renata Murawska are lecturers in the department of media at Macquarie University in Sydney. Anthony Lambert is a lecturer in the department of critical and cultural studies at Macquarie University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Preface: Diasporas of Australian Cinema - A Provocation	p. 9
Theories	p. 13
Introduction: Rethinking Diasporas - Australian Cinema, History and Society	p. 15
Tinkering at the Borders: Lucky Miles and the Diasporic (no) Road Movie	p. 29
Ethics and Risk in Asian-Australian Cinema: The Last Chip	p. 41
'I'm Falling in Your Love': Cross-cultural Romance and the Refugee Film	p. 51
White Aborigines: Women, Space, Mimicry and Mobility	p. 61
Representations	p. 71
Wogboy Comedies and the Australian National Type	p. 73
Excess in Oz: The Crazy Russian and the Quiet Australian	p. 83
Anzac's 'Others': 'Cruel Huns' and 'Noble Turks'	p. 93
'Now You Blokes Own the Place': Representations of Japanese Culture in Recent Australian Cinema	p. 103
Other Shorelines, or the Greek-Australian Cinema	p. 115
Film-Makers	p. 125
'A European Heart': Exile, Isolation and Interiority in the Life and Films of Paul Cox	p. 127
Sophia Turkiewicz: Australianizing Poles, or 'Bloody Nuts and Balts' in Silver City (1984)	p. 137
Lebanese Muslims Speak Back: Two Films by Tom Zubrycki	p. 147
Sejong Park's Birthday Boy and Korean-Australian Encounters	p. 159
Diasporic Filmography	p. 169
References	p. 183
Notes on Contributors	p. 199
Index	p. 203
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