Ebook: In The Vernacular: a Generation of Australian Culture and Controversy

Collecting important works from one of Australia's leading scholars of media, culture, and policy, this study brings sharper focus upon both historical and industrial contexts. Engaging with the global debate on multiethnic societies by focusing on creativity #x93;at the margins," this survey argues that industrial and social trends in media, communications, and culture are outstripping the academic frameworks that were erected to deal with them.;Foreword; Acknowledgments; Sources; Screen title availability; Introduction; Part 1 Australian film; Chapter 1 The decades of survival:Australian cinema 1930-70; Chapter 2 Approaching Chauvel; Chapter 3 Apollonius and Dionysus in the Antipodes; Chapter 4 Hollywood genres, Australian movies; Part 2 Australian television; Chapter 5 Style, form and history in Australian mini-series; Chapter 6 Kennedy-Miller: 'House style'in Australian television; Chapter 7 (with Liz Jacka) Australian television in world markets; Part 3 Diasporas and media use.