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Celluloid heroes down under : Australian film, 1970-2000 / Theodore F. Sheckels.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.A8 S54 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheckels, Theodore F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Australia--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Australia.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
- Summary:
- Discusses one hundred post-1970 Australian films, focusing on the issue of heroism as reflected in depictions of men, women, aboriginals, and youth.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Australian Film, 1970-2000 1
- Chapter 2 The Hero of Old 11
- Chapter 3 The Revised Hero 31
- Chapter 4 A Woman's Role 75
- Chapter 5 The Aborigines' Role 119
- Chapter 6 Youth: The Basis for Heroism to Come 137
- Chapter 7 Playing with the Concept 169
- Chapter 8 Eccentrics 189.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275976777
- OCLC:
- 50506496
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