Sheep and the Australian Cinema
$76.98
- Paperback
330 pages
- Release Date
20 March 2006
Summary
In this highly readable study of Australian cinema, Deb Verhoeven explores the relationship between a series of films produced in different periods of Australian history that are linked by a common thread: the repeated image of sheep.
Verhoeven 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. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522852394 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0522852394 |
| Author: | Deb Verhoeven |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 330 |
| Release Date: | 20 March 2006 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Academic Monographs |
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Critics Review
‘Truthfully I will never see these films in quite the same way again… it is in the best sense a strangely compelling and unsettling book.’ -Professor Tom O’Regan, University of Queensland
Deb Verhoeven
Dr Deb Verhoeven is a writer, broadcaster, film critic, commentator and lecturer. Between 2000 and 2002 she was CEO of the Australian Film Institute. She is currently Associate Professor of Screen Studies in the School of Applied Communication at RMIT, where she also manages the AFI Research Collection.
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