{"product_id":"outback-by-brian-mcfarlane-9781835950135","title":"Outback","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudying the role of the Western film genre in Australia's changing political and cultural landscape.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the influence of the cinematic Western in Australian cinema history, \u003cem\u003eOutback\u003c\/em\u003e explores how the American genre has been adapted to the changing Australian social, political, and cultural contexts of their production, including the shifting emphases in the representation of the Indigenous population.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrian McFarlane emphasises the ways film can, without didacticism, provide evidence of changing politics and culture. McFarlane explores Australian history with the genre by analysing such films as Charles Tait's 1906 \u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Kelly Gang\u003c\/em\u003e and Justin Kurzel's 2020 adaptation of Peter Carey's \u003cem\u003eThe True History of the Kelly Gang\u003c\/em\u003e. He further explores other key matters, including the changing attitudes to and representation of Indigenous peoples and of women's roles in Australian Westerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471322398956,"sku":"9781835950135","price":234.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781835950135-outback.jpg?v=1775239421","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/outback-by-brian-mcfarlane-9781835950135","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}