Les livres en français sont sur www.livres-cinema.info
Caught on Screen
Australia's Convict History in Film and Television (livre en anglais)
(0 vote)Moyenne des votes :
| 0 | vote |  = On peut s'en passer |
| 0 | vote |  = Bon livre |
| 0 | vote |  = Excellent livre |
| 0 | vote |  = Unique / une référence |
Votre vote : -
Description de l'ouvrage :
From innocent criminals to radical revolutionaries, feisty feminists to manly pioneers, egalitarian settlers to violent invaders, Caught on Screen shows how over successive generations the shape-shifting convict emerged on screen as a potent historical symbol.
Convicts loom large in Australian history. As transported criminals and the first European settlers, they have shackled the nation to a curious and contested origin story. Historians were largely silent on their exploits until the second half of the twentieth century, but before then a tradition of convict representation on screen appeared with the rise of cinema, taking hold of the popular imagination. From silent films to more recent television series, screen culture has elevated the convict experience to become a key historical narrative through which filmmakers and audiences have repeatedly reframed and challenged an understanding of Australia's colonial past. Caught on Screen traverses this history of convict representation for the first time.
Through detailed archival research into their production and reception, the book explores engaging case studies produced in Australia and internationally, including the work of Douglas Sirk, Alfred Hitchcock and Jennifer Kent. It illuminates the fact that the convict as historical symbol is one that intersected with, and helped to direct, major debates about nationalism, the legacies of colonisation, Aboriginal dispossession and the origins and character of Australian society.
À propos de l'auteur :
James Findlay is a Research Affiliate with the Department of History at The University of Sydney, Australia, where he lectures in history and cinema studies. He has worked extensively in film and television production for companies and broadcasters including the ABC, Beyond Television and Film Australia.
Revue de Presse :
"While not all Australians have convict ancestry, we have all inherited vivid stories of the convict experience through our television and cinema screens. Why do we keep telling these stories, and what do they mean? James Findlay's marvellous book is a fascinating history of the ways that our screen culture has imagined the convict, from silent films to reality TV and beyond." ―Michelle Arrow, Professor of Modern History, Macquarie University, Australia
"Australia has a rich cinematic history, and Findlay has shown us that we have so much more to learn. Caught on Screen offers a fresh perspective on how moving images have sustained and even shaped national identity through representations of convict history." ―Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Distinguished Professor, Adelaide University, Australia
"Innocent, heroic or horrific, successive cinematic portrayals have shaped Australia's engagement with its convict past. In this remarkable book, James Findlay unwinds those celluloid layers to reveal the power of film as historical device." ―Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, Professor of Heritage and Digital Humanities, University of New England, Australia
"Drawing on case studies from the silent film era to 21st-century reality TV, Caught on Screen examines the evolving and often contradictory representations of the convict amidst political, literary and academic debates about Australian nationhood and cultural identity. James Findlay highlights the enduring global fascination with this cinematically malleable and emblematic figure of Australian history and popular culture, as well as the role film and television play in shaping public memory of colonization in Australia. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, Caught on Screen is a must-read for students, scholars and curious viewers alike." ―Julie Anne Taddeo, Research Professor of History, University of Maryland, USA
Voir le site internet de l'éditeur Bloomsbury Academic
> Sur un thème proche :
The Lost Child Complex in Australian Film (2019)
Jung, Story and Playing Beneath the Past
Carnivalizing Reconciliation (2025)
Contemporary Australian and Canadian Literature and Film beyond the Victim Paradigm
Sujet : Sociologie
Screening Europe in Australasia (2024)
Transnational Silent Film Before and After the Rise of Hollywood
Sujet : Cinéma muet
Film Criticism as Cultural Fantasy (2010)
The Perpetual French Discovery of Australian Cinema
Sujet : L'analyse de films
Radical Reality (2025)
Documentary Storytelling and the Global Fight for Social Justice
de Caty Borum et David Conrad-Pérez
Sujet : Sociologie
Retour
