Australian Post-war Documentary Film

Australian Post-war Documentary FilmThe postwar period in Australian history was rife with critical debate over notions of nation building, multiculturalism and internationalization. Australian Post War Documentary Film tackles these issues in a considered, wide ranging analysis of three types of documentaries: governmental, institutional and radical. Charting the rise of progressive film culture, this volume critiques key films of the era, including The Back of Beyond, and retells film

the place of the real on the lived body

Fan Phenomena: James Bond explores the devoted fanbase that has helped make Bond what he is

World Film Locations: Mumbai explores the sheer complexity of this incomparable city

scientific facts

working with the tools of our post-digital age

class and relationships in fin-de-siècle Poland

the book provides critical analyses

visitors and tourists while simultaneously opening scholarly debates on global concerns such as marginalization

Tyson Mitman aims to humanize graffiti writers and to show that what they do is not merely destructive or puerile

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particularly in an age when market forces are the major arbiter of human affairs

“This book takes on the enormous task of identifying not only the sacred in theatre but also questions ideas of sacred across the spectrum