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Reel schools : schooling and the nation in Australian cinema

Title
  1. Reel schools : schooling and the nation in Australian cinema / Josephine May.
Published by
  1. Bern : Peter Lang, [2013]
Author
  1. May, Josephine, 1950-

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Description
  1. x, 285 pages : some color illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  1. Motion pictures > Australia > History and criticism
  2. Nationalism in motion pictures
  3. Education in motion pictures
  4. Schools in motion pictures
Contents
  1. Introduction: the cinematic vernacular of Australian schooling -- The silent era: "a school of sentiment" -- High tide of nationalist portrayal 1930s-1960s -- Nation and the girls' boarding school in the 1970s -- Nation and the boys' school in the 1970s -- State high school blues in the early 1980s -- The school film in the late 1980s -- Multicultural nation at school in the 1980s-1990s -- Private school fantasies in the 2000s -- Conclusion.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-269) and index.
  2. Includes filmography (pages 269-271).