Blood is thicker than water: stains on the land in Bra Boys
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Blood is thicker than water: stains on the land in Bra Boys |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2155 |
Book Title | Making film and television histories: Australia and New Zealand |
Authors | Collins-Gearing, Brooke (Author) and Huijser, Hendrik (Author) |
Editors | Bennett, James E. and Beirne, Rebecca |
Page Range | 26-30 |
Chapter Number | 1 |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2012 |
Publisher | I.B.Tauris Publishers |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781848859432 |
Web Address (URL) | http://books.google.com/books?id=ugXNQLPqQuMC&pg=PA26&dq=Collins-Gearing+and+Huijser&hl=en&ei=x7GCTqbNGsKZ8QObxaEK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Collins-Gearing%20and%20Huijser&f=false |
Abstract | This chapter is a critique of the way in which the documentary Bra Boys constructs history, memory and identity. The Bra in Bra Boys is short for MarouBRA beach in Sydney. Bra Boys was released in 2007, and is the most commercially successful Australian documentary ever released. it tells the story of the Abberton brothers (Sunny, Koby and jay) and their extended Bra Boys surfer gang or 'tribe': a band of multi-ethnic males form the suburb of Maroubra. The film's director, Sunny Abberton, is a Bra Boy himself, and, along with his brothers, offers an overview of Maroubra's surfing history and culture - which includes claims to place, issues of class and race and violent interactions with authority. The localism of the film is well-defined and constructed by boundaries of colonialism, racism and the physical landscape (the differentiated beaches). The signification of 'Boy' in the title immediately establishes the film's hyper-masculine purpose and approach. In this chapter, we consider how the film attempts to re-narrative colonialism using an ethnocentrically specified perspective and location. |
Keywords | Bra Boys; Maroubra; Sunny Abberton; Australian films; surfers |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 450199. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history not elsewhere classified |
360505. Screen media | |
470107. Media studies | |
Public Notes | Copyright of individual chapters belongs to the authors. This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Newcastle |
Bahrain Polytechnic, Bahrain | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0xw2/blood-is-thicker-than-water-stains-on-the-land-in-bra-boys
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