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'Two police officers - male and female - are assigned to escort an Aboriginal woman from an outback town to stand trial in Broken Hill for the murder of a publican who raped her. They are tracked by a Kadaitcha man, an agent of death, a concept Aboriginal culture shares with other cultures. The film sets white against black law and renders it fallible by the way gender, class and race intersect with each other in the characters of the two police officers and their prisoner.'
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Reconciling Nicci Lane : The 'Unspeakable' Significance of Australia's First Indigenous Porn Star
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media and Cultural Studies , December vol. 19 no. 4 2005; (p. 523-543) 'This article will explore X-rated representations of Aboriginality in Australian-produced pornographic videos, particularly the image of Australia's first indigenous porn star, Nicci Lane. It investigates how pornographic natives involving 'Aboriginal' character motifs are connected to broader embodiments of Aboriginality in popular culture. Drawing from a parallel with Australian television drama and mainstream films, the article highlights how contemporary sexualised images of Aboriginal people are intimately tied to a politics of reconciliation. By surveying recent literature on pornography, which describe how certain pornographic narratives engage 'unspoken' community desires, my argument will discuss Nicci Lane's career as a unique development in the history of representations of Aboriginality. Through analysis of Lane's Arigato Baby (1991), these 'unspoken' desires relate to showing Indigenous people in everyday sexual contexts, as romantic partners, friends and lovers...' (Author's abstract p. 523) -
'Superboong!...' : The Ambivalence of Comedy and Differing Histories of Race
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media & Cultural Studies , vol. 10 no. 2 1996; (p. 44-57)
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'Superboong!...' : The Ambivalence of Comedy and Differing Histories of Race
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media & Cultural Studies , vol. 10 no. 2 1996; (p. 44-57) -
Reconciling Nicci Lane : The 'Unspeakable' Significance of Australia's First Indigenous Porn Star
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media and Cultural Studies , December vol. 19 no. 4 2005; (p. 523-543) 'This article will explore X-rated representations of Aboriginality in Australian-produced pornographic videos, particularly the image of Australia's first indigenous porn star, Nicci Lane. It investigates how pornographic natives involving 'Aboriginal' character motifs are connected to broader embodiments of Aboriginality in popular culture. Drawing from a parallel with Australian television drama and mainstream films, the article highlights how contemporary sexualised images of Aboriginal people are intimately tied to a politics of reconciliation. By surveying recent literature on pornography, which describe how certain pornographic narratives engage 'unspoken' community desires, my argument will discuss Nicci Lane's career as a unique development in the history of representations of Aboriginality. Through analysis of Lane's Arigato Baby (1991), these 'unspoken' desires relate to showing Indigenous people in everyday sexual contexts, as romantic partners, friends and lovers...' (Author's abstract p. 523)
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