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Michael J. Smith Michael J. Smith i(A13272 works by)
Born: Established: 1964 Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Kija ; Aboriginal
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1 Animating Child Activism : Environmentalism and Class Politics in Ghibli's Princess Mononoke (1997) and Fox's Fern Gully (1992) Michael J. Smith , Elizabeth Parsons , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media & Cultural Studies , vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 25-37) 'Informed by ecocriticism, this article conducts a comparative examination of two contemporary animated children's films, Princess Mononoke (1997) and Fern Gully (1992). While both films advocate for the prevention of deforestation, they are, to varying degrees, antithetical to environmentalism. Both films reject the principles of deep ecology in displacing responsibility for environmental destruction on to 'supernatural' forces and exhibit anthropocentric concern for the survival of humans. We argue that these films constitute divergent methodological approaches for environmental consciousness-raising in children's entertainment. The western world production demonstrates marked conservatism in its depiction of identity politics and 'cute' feminization of nature, while Hayao Miyazaki's film renders nature sublime and invokes complex socio-cultural differences. Against FernGully's 'othering' of working-class and queer characters, we posit that Princess Mononoke is decidedly queer, anti-binary and ideologically bi-partisan and, in accord with the underlying principle of environmental justice, asks child audiences to consider compassion for the poor in association with care for nature.' (Author's abstract)
1 Potential Lover i "You turn me", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 151)
1 Calling Thought i "The calling in mot juste is yours", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 150)
1 Just Never Knew i "You look la me, I look la you,", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 171)
1 Armidale Jack i "Jack is to watch and tell,", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 170)
1 Pauline i "Your face structure is like that", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 169)
1 'riginie i "'riginie you deadly you know", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 168)
1 Ha Ha i "Wesley wakes,", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 167)
1 Ancestral History : 40,000 Years Along i "Forty thousand years you", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 165-166)
1 1996 Massacre in Van Diemen's Land i "Yes, I still hear my kin from the southern land", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 164)
1 Identity i "Identity", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 163)
1 Spiritual Calling i "We are not of your world,", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 162)
1 Escape i "To look is what we perceive,", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 161)
1 The End i "Jenny doesn't like the world today", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 161)
1 Planetation i "Why do we turn? said someone's thought.", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 160)
1 Wine Along i "Long time I bin doin' this-", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 160)
1 Nullarbor Crossing 1970 i "One road - before tar", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 159)
1 Heducation i "'What it tis, that place where them", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 157-158)
1 I i "Where am I to go? I ask.", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 156)
1 Skin i "Flakes of us are minute", Michael J. Smith , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rimfire : Poetry from Aboriginal Australia 2000; (p. 156)
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