The multicultural nation in New Zealand cinema: production-text-reception
Authored book
Book Title | The multicultural nation in New Zealand cinema: production-text-reception |
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Book Category | Authored book |
ERA Publisher ID | 3717 |
Authors | |
Author | Huijser, Hendrik |
Number of Pages | 349 |
Year | 2009 |
Publisher | VDM Verlag Dr. Muller |
Place of Publication | Saarbrucken, Germany |
ISBN | 978-3-639-17582 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.amazon.com/Multicultural-Nation-Zealand-Cinema-Production-Text-Reception/dp/3639175824/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250462869&sr=1-1 |
Abstract | This book is about representation and the importance of visibility and inclusivity in the stories we tell each other about ourselves. It is therefore also about power and local access to the means of representation in an increasingly globalised world. This book uses one film, 'Broken English' (1996), as a case study to explore in depth 'where New Zealand is at' as a nation. This choice is based on the proposition that this feature film at the time presented a significant 'break' in New Zealand cinema: where feature films before 'imagined' New Zealand overwhelmingly in either monocultural or bicultural terms, this film specifically and deliberately provided a multicultural perspective. By analysing this particular film on different levels and from many different angles, this book works through issues of national identity, by using concepts like ethnicity, race and diaspora. Through interviews with key people and a series of focus groups, the book explores where policy makers, film makers and viewers from a variety of ethnic backgrounds situate themselves and others within contemporary Aotearoa/ New Zealand. |
Keywords | multiculturalism, New Zealand cinema, audience reception, race, diaspora, national identity, postcolonialism |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470211. Migrant cultural studies |
470212. Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies | |
470207. Cultural theory | |
470107. Media studies | |
470213. Postcolonial studies | |
470214. Screen and media culture | |
450799. Te ahurea, reo, me te hītori o te Māori kāore anō kia whakarōpūtia i wāhi kē (Māori culture, language and history not elsewhere classified) | |
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Byline Affiliations | University of Waikato, New Zealand |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z231/the-multicultural-nation-in-new-zealand-cinema-production-text-reception
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