Reel Schools: Schooling and the Nation in Australian Cinema

ISBN-13: 9783034306324 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 285 str.

Josephine May

Opis

Reel Schools takes a fresh look at the history of Australian schooling through the lens of Australian cinema from the silent era until 2010. In exploring the relationship between cinematic representation and educational history, Josephine May shows how numerous Australian feature and documentary films offer access to powerful vernacular imaginings about school education in Australia.
May argues that the cinematic school is a pervasive metaphor for the Australian nation. She demonstrates that, while Australian films about schooling have consistently commented on the relationship of schooling to the Australian class structure, they also increasingly explored gender, race and ethnicity at school, especially after the 1970s. From then on the egalitarian dream of school education and the nation s capacity to generate meaningful futures for the young became increasingly contested."

Recenzje

«For everyone keen to delve deeply into that sphere of influence [that films about schooling have on us] and its century-long history, this book is a must-read.» (Heather A. Weaver, History of Education Review 43, 2014/1)

Spis treści

Contents: The Cinematic Vernacular of Australian Schooling - The Silent Era: 'A School of Sentiment' - High Tide of Nationalist Portrayal 1930s-1960s - Nation and the Girls' Boarding School in the 1970s - Nation and the Boys' School in the 1970s - State High School Blues in the Early 1980s - The School Film in the Late 1980s - Multicultural Nation at School in the 1980s-1990s - Private School Fantasies in the 2000s.

O autorze

Josephine May is Associate Professor (Teaching and Learning) and Deputy Director of the English Language and Foundation Studies Centre at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research interests include Australian educational history, enabling education, childhood and youth history, and history and film.