Sheep and the Australian Cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20033048 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deb Verhoeven (0000-0003-3680-3561, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Pages | 317 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Sheep and the Australian cinema (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | RMIT University (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| OpenAlex | W1794762266 |
| Open Library | OL27087405M |
| ISBN | 9780522852394 |
| Language | EN |
The book 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
Art · Art history · Biology · Linguistics · Media studies · Movie theater · Sociology · Visual arts · Australian History and Society · Philosophy · Animals in motion pictures · Australia · Cinéma · History · Motion pictures · Sheep · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |