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Published 19-02-2019
ISBN 9780522872477
Pages 240
Subjects Films, cinema
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Reel Men

Australian Masculinity in the Movies 1949–1962

Chelsea Barnett

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Paperback Hardback eBook
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Published 19-02-2019
ISBN 9780522872477
Pages 240
Subjects Films, cinema
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Set against the shifting social and political backdrop of a nation throwing off the shackles of one war yet faced with the instability of the new world order, Reel Men probes the concept of 1950s masculinity itself, asking what it meant to be an Australian man at this time. Offering a compelling exploration of the Australian fifties, the book challenges the common belief that the fifties was a ‘dead’ era for Australian filmmaking.

About The Author

Chelsea Barnett holds a PhD in modern history from Macquarie University. She is currently working on a cultural history of single men in twentieth-century Australia.