Writing Australian History On-screen : Television and Film Period Dramas âDown Underâ - Jo Parnell

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Writing Australian History On-screen

Television and Film Period Dramas âDown Underâ

By: Jo Parnell (Editor), Julie Anne Taddeo (Editor)

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Hardcover | 15 February 2023

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212 Pages

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Writing Australian History On-screen: Television and Film Period Dramas "Down Under" reveals the depths of Australian history from convict times to the present day. The essays in this book are thematically driven and take a rounded historical-cultural-sociological-psychological approach in analyzing the various selected productions. In their analyses and interpretations of the topic, the contributors interrogate the intricacies in Australian history as represented in Australian filmic period drama, taken from an Australian perspective. Individually, and together as a body of authors, they highlight past issues that, despite the societyâs changing attitudes over time, still have relevance for the Australia of today. In speaking to the subject, the contributing writers show a keen awareness that addressing new areas arising from the humanities is key to learning; and hence to developing an understanding of the Australian culture, the society, and sense of the ever-unfurling flag of an Australian something that is not yet a national identity.

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Parnell and Taddeoâs collection is a fascinating exploration of a subject that has provided much enjoyment for audiences, but has previously been neglected by academic scholarship: the history of Australia as represented on its screens. By exploring a number of important period dramas, the essays here uncover key questions about ethnicity, gender and national identity, reflecting on Australiaâs past and present, and its diverse and complex population and culture. This book will be a highly valuable resource for students, scholars and interested viewers everywhere.
â" Katherine Byrne, Ulster University

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