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1 Out in the Outback : Queering Nationalism in Australian Film Comedy Peter Kunz , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 7 no. 1 2013; (p. 49-59) 'The ‘ocker film’ was one of the defining subgenres of the revitalized Australian cinema of the 1970s. Characterized by bawdy humor and roguish escapades, these picaresque films satirically perpetuated an image of folksy Australian masculinity that countered and antagonized a queered image of British masculinity. To this end, these popular comedies rebuked the lingering British cultural influence in Australia while underscoring its distinctive humor and cultural identity, albeit one that was often sexist, anti-intellectual, and homophobic. In the 1990s, a series of Australian film comedies took up (and took on) the ocker tradition to revise this problematic image of Australian masculinity. In this essay, I argue that The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Elliott, 1994) re-appropriates and revises the ocker tradition, especially its pervasive heteronormativity. Though it falters in its treatment of women and ethnic minorities, Priscilla promotes a message of diversity that queers what I call the ‘andronationalism’ – that is, masculinized nationalism – touted in the ocker film tradition to envision a more modern and more inclusive image of Australia.' (Author's abstract)
1 New Year's Eve i "At parties around the country", Peter Kunz , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 19 1994; (p. 85)
1 Homestead Ruins i "Ruins of a homestead shine warm in the afternoon light", Peter Kunz , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: ANU Reporter , 7 July vol. 24 no. 11 1993; (p. 6)
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