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UNINA9910789437103321 |
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Titolo |
New Zealand cinema [[electronic resource] ] : interpreting the past / / edited by Alistair Fox, Barry Keith Grant and Hilary Radner |
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Bristol [England] ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-16283-0 |
9786613162830 |
1-84150-525-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FoxAlistair |
GrantBarry Keith <1947-> |
RadnerHilary |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion pictures - New Zealand |
New Zealand History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Includes filmography. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Historical Film in New Zealand Cinema; Chapter 1: Rudall Hayward and the Cinema of Maoriland: Genre-mixing and Counter-discourses in Rewi's Last Stand (1925), The Te; Chapter 2: Rudall Hayward's Democratic Cinema and the "Civilising Mission" in the "Land of the Wrong White Crowd"; Chapter 3: The Western, New Zealand History and Commercial Exploitation: The Te Kooti Trail, Utu and Crooked Earth; Chapter 4: Unsettled Historiography: Postcolonial Anxiety and the Burden of the Past in Pictures |
Chapter 5: Cross-currents: River Queen's National and Trans-national Heritages Chapter 6: Tracking Titokowaru over Text and Screen: Pakeha Narrate the Warrior, 1906-2005; Chapter 7: Rites of Passage in Post-Second World War New Zealand Cinema: Migrating the Masculine in Journey for Three (1950); Chapter 8: Cinema and the Interpretation of 1950's New Zealand History: John O'Shea and Roger Mirams, Broken Barrier (1952); Chapter 9: Re-representing Indigeneity: Approaches to History in Some Recent New Zealand and Australian Films |
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Chapter 10: "The Donations of History": Mauri and the Transfigured "Maori Gaze": Towards a Bi-national Cinema in Aotearoa Chapter 11: History, Hybridity and Indeterminate Space: The Parker-Hulme Murder, Heavenly Creatures and New Zealand Cinema; Chapter 12: Screening Women's Histories: Jane Campion and the New Zealand Heritage Film, from the Biopic to the Female Gothic; Chapter 13: The Time and the Place: Music and Costume and the "Affect" of History in the New Zealand Films of Jane Campion; Chapter 14: Mining for Forgotten Gold: Leon Narbey's Illustrious Energy (1987); Filmography |
Bibliography Contributors; Index; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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New Zealand has produced one of the world's most vibrant film cultures, a reflection of the country's evolving history and the energy and resourcefulness of its people. From early silent features like The Te Kooti Trail to recent films such as River Queen in the new millennium, this book examines the role of the cinema of New Zealand in building a shared sense of national identity. The works of key directors, including Peter Jackson, Jane Campion, and Vincent Ward, are here introduced in a new light, and select films are given in-depth coverage. Among the most informative accounts of New Zeala |
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