The Adolescent Nation Re-Imagining Youth and Coming of Age in Contemporary Australian Film.

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Beteiligte: Herche, Victoria
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Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2021.
©2021.
Teil von: Anglistische Forschungen
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Umfang: 1 online resource (254 pages)
ISBN: 9783825378356
Ausgabe: 1st ed.
Sprache: Englisch
Teil von: Anglistische Forschungen
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Print version:: Herche, Victoria, The Adolescent Nation, Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter,c2021
Kollektion: E-Books adlr
Inhaltsangabe
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'
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"
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'
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
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
Appendix: Film List - Coming of Age in Australian Cinema
Index
Backcover.