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The third part of a three-volume work devoted to mapping the transnational history of Australian film studies, Australian Film Theory and Criticism, Volume 3 concludes the project by gathering together the 'Documents' that were produced during the academicisation of film studies in Australia in the period 1975-85. Through these sources we see the development of the particularities of Australian film theory and criticism, its relationship to its international counterparts and the establishment of key positions and the directions in which they develop. Editors Constantine Verevis and Deane Williams here collect the key texts discussed in Volumes 1 and 2, including the crucial works of the likes of Paul Willemen, Sam Rohdie, Ross Gibson and Meaghan Morris among many others, thus concluding this pioneering historiographic account of Australian film studies.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Half Title | i | ||
| Title | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Acknowledgements | ix | ||
| Introduction: ‘Notes for a History of Contexts’ | 1 | ||
| 1972 | 11 | ||
| Experimentalists 1 | 13 | ||
| 1974 | 17 | ||
| Francis Birtles: Cyclist, Explorer, Kodaker | 19 | ||
| 1975 | 29 | ||
| Feminist Critique | 31 | ||
| 1976 | 41 | ||
| Corsetway to Heaven: Looking Back at Picnic at Hanging Rock | 43 | ||
| Editorial Article | 45 | ||
| 1978 | 49 | ||
| Gilda: Images of Women – Notes for Discussion | 51 | ||
| 1979 | 55 | ||
| Fetishism in Film ‘Theory’ and ‘Practice’ | 57 | ||
| Towards Decolonization: Some Problems and Issues for Film History in Australia | 69 | ||
| The Australian Journal of Screen Theory | 78 | ||
| Independent Feminist Filmmaking in Australia | 83 | ||
| Oedipal Opera: The Restless Years | 95 | ||
| 1980 | 113 | ||
| Editorial | 115 | ||
| 1981 | 117 | ||
| Stock Shock and Schlock | 119 | ||
| Film and History: Canberra Conference | 125 | ||
| Recent ‘Political’ Documentary: Notes on Union Maids and Harlan County USA | 127 | ||
| The Second Australian Film Conference: Theory Weary | 138 | ||
| The Second Australian Film Conference, or A Long Way from Lana Turner | 141 | ||
| Editorial | 144 | ||
| On Screen | 146 | ||
| 1982 | 167 | ||
| Feminist Film Theory: Reading the Text | 169 | ||
| ‘The Public Wants Features!’: The (Creative?) Underdevelopment of Australian Independent Film Since the 1960s | 190 | ||
| 1983 | 203 | ||
| Super 8: The Phenomenon Turned Eventful | 205 | ||
| Independent Feminist Filmmaking and the Black Hole | 210 | ||
| Pornography and Pleasure: The Female Spectator | 217 | ||
| The Australian Film Industry and the Holy Roman Empire | 240 | ||
| Camera Natura: Landscape in Australian Feature Films | 253 | ||
| Changing the Curriculum: The Place of Film in a Department of English | 262 | ||
| Australian Documentary Cinema | 271 | ||
| The Practice of Reviewing | 285 | ||
| Australian Filmmaking: Its Public Circulation | 299 | ||
| A National Cinema: The Role of the State | 310 | ||
| ‘Murder, Murder, Dangerous Crime’ | 318 | ||
| Remarks on Screen: Introductory Notes for a History of Contexts | 320 | ||
| 1984 | 341 | ||
| ‘National Identity’ / ‘National History’ / ‘National Film’: The Australian Experience | 343 | ||
| The Australian Journal of Screen Theory | 352 | ||
| After Futur◊Fall | 359 | ||
| Second History and Film Conference Report | 369 | ||
| 1985 | 373 | ||
| Glimpses of the Present | 375 | ||
| Don Ranvaud: Of Framework and Festivals | 381 | ||
| Yondering: A Reading of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | 387 | ||
| 1987 | 397 | ||
| Charles Chauvel: The Last Decade | 399 | ||
| About the Editors | 419 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |