Dispossession and the Making of Jedda - Hollywood in Ngunnawal Country

List of contents

Prologue: 'Jedda' (1955): Cultural Icon and Shared Artefact of Mid-Twentieth Century Colonialism; 1. Making 'Jedda'; 2. 'Hollywood' in the 'Fine Wool Hub'; 3. Looking North: Mrs Toby Browne's Colonial Nostalgia, 'Jedda' and the 'Opening of the Territory'; 4. Memories of 'Jedda' after the National Apology; Epilogue: 'Bogolong' Memories: The Vagaries of Family History; Index.

About the author

Catherine Kevin is a senior lecturer in history at Flinders University, Australia. She has published on the histories of domestic violence, pregnancy and miscarriage, feminism and maternity, post-World War II migration to Australia and the making of the film 'Jedda' (1955). Kevin's work has appeared in a range of Australian and international journals and edited collections.

Summary

Dispossession and the Making of Jedda (1955)' brings together a history of race relations, pastoral boom and film-making. It is a personal account of coming to terms with a history of dispossession and colonial power relations in a place that has offered the author a strong sense of belonging and settler-colonial family heritage.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Kevin, Kevin Catherine
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781785273506
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-350-6
• No. of pages: 130
• Series: Anthem Studies in Australian History; Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture; Anthem Impact
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Australasian & Pacific history, General and world history, Australasian and Pacific history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General