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Sheep and the Australian Cinema (Academic Monographs)
Deb Verhoeven
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Description for Sheep and the Australian Cinema (Academic Monographs)
Paperback. Series: Academic Monographs. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135. .
In this highly readable study of Australian cinema, Deb Verhoeven explores the relationship between a series of films produced in different periods of Australian history that are linked by a common thread - the repeated image of sheep. Verhoeven focuses on two key 'sheep films': ""The Squatter's Daughter"" (Hall, 1933) and ""Bitter Springs"" (Smart, 1950). Both movies are concerned with the national project, in which sheep growing and nation building are seamlessly aligned. But Verhoeven artfully demonstrates that it is precisely in their emphasis on textual re-iteration and repetition that the sheep films critique an otherwise ostensibly 'national' vision. In ... Read more
In this highly readable study of Australian cinema, Deb Verhoeven explores the relationship between a series of films produced in different periods of Australian history that are linked by a common thread - the repeated image of sheep. Verhoeven focuses on two key 'sheep films': ""The Squatter's Daughter"" (Hall, 1933) and ""Bitter Springs"" (Smart, 1950). Both movies are concerned with the national project, in which sheep growing and nation building are seamlessly aligned. But Verhoeven artfully demonstrates that it is precisely in their emphasis on textual re-iteration and repetition that the sheep films critique an otherwise ostensibly 'national' vision. In ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Series
Academic Monographs
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522852394
SKU
V9780522852394
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About Deb Verhoeven
Dr Deb Verhoeven is a writer, broadcaster, film critic, commentator and lecturer. Between 2000 and 2002 she was CEO of the Australian Film Institute. She is currently Associate Professor of Screen Studies in the School of Applied Communication at RMIT, where she also manages the AFI Research Collection.
Reviews for Sheep and the Australian Cinema (Academic Monographs)
'Truthfully I will never see these films in quite the same way again... it is in the best sense a strangely compelling and unsettling book.' -Professor Tom O'Regan, University of Queensland