Australian Masculinity on the Road
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5904202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Butter, Philip Butterss (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 227-236 |
| Publication date | 2000-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media International Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1329878x0009500119 |
| OpenAlex | W2249192660 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In an Australia where the old images of masculinity are no longer serviceable, the road provides an ideal site for films wishing to explore ways of being a man at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, True Love and Chaos, Doing Time for Patsy Cline and Kiss or Kill critique or destabilise traditional models of masculinity, and use the road as a space where masculinity is free to change. However, as Pamela Robertson (1997: 271) has pointed out, the road movie is 'a genre obsessed with home'. The closure of all four films involves establishing a new form of home, and in doing so demonstrates how difficult it is to reintegrate credibly the changes experienced on the road into a domestic unit that is fulfilling for all its members
Adventure · Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Masculinity · Political science · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |