Diasporas of Australian Cinema

Edited by Catherine Simpson, Renata Murawska, Anthony Lambert

Publication date:

03 August 2009

Publisher

Intellect Books

Dimensions:

229x178mm
7x9"

ISBN-13: 9781841501970

Diasporas of Australian Cinema is the first volume to focus exclusively on diasporic hybridity and cultural diversity in Australian filmmaking 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 useful reference text for scholars of Australian film and cultural studies, with material on contemporary film-making and pre-World War II cinema. Containing previously unpublished articles by some the most recognised experts on Australian cinema, the book is a vital contribution to the burgeoning international interest in diasporic cinemas.