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The narrative tells the story of Aya, the Japanese war bride of an Australian serviceman, from the early fifties to the mid-seventies. The author questions Australian attitudes towards Asians and expresses, through the character of Aya's husband Frank, some disturbing contradictions in the Australian male.
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Hoaas also made a companion documentary Green Tea and Cherry Ripe in 1989.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Asian Australian Intercultural Domesticity in Aya and The Home Song Stories
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , March vol. 35 no. 1 2011; (p. 19-32) 'Interracial couples at home, within the bounds of domesticity and the nation, offer difficult or somehow troubled subject matter that is seldom confronted on screen in Australian cinema. This essay explores the representation of intercultural domesticity in Aya and The Home Song Stories. It draws on theorisations of melodrama and national cinema in order to examine the figure of the first generation Asian Australian woman. I argue that while focused on the domestic realm, the inter-personal relationships and character construction in the two examples formulate an historicised politics of disappointment that not only explores the position of migrant women in interracial marriages in the 1960s and 1970s, when the films were set, but also suggest a critique of the politics of ethnicity that were prevalent at the time of the production of the films.' Source: The author. -
Aya
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 54 2010;
— Review of Aya 1990 single work film/TV -
Solrun Hoaas 1943-2009 : An Interview with Lisa French
Lisa French
(interviewer),
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 54 2010;
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Aya
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 54 2010;
— Review of Aya 1990 single work film/TV -
Asian Australian Intercultural Domesticity in Aya and The Home Song Stories
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , March vol. 35 no. 1 2011; (p. 19-32) 'Interracial couples at home, within the bounds of domesticity and the nation, offer difficult or somehow troubled subject matter that is seldom confronted on screen in Australian cinema. This essay explores the representation of intercultural domesticity in Aya and The Home Song Stories. It draws on theorisations of melodrama and national cinema in order to examine the figure of the first generation Asian Australian woman. I argue that while focused on the domestic realm, the inter-personal relationships and character construction in the two examples formulate an historicised politics of disappointment that not only explores the position of migrant women in interracial marriages in the 1960s and 1970s, when the films were set, but also suggest a critique of the politics of ethnicity that were prevalent at the time of the production of the films.' Source: The author. -
Solrun Hoaas 1943-2009 : An Interview with Lisa French
Lisa French
(interviewer),
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 54 2010;
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Settings:
- Victoria,
- 1950s
- 1970s
- 1960s
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