[csaa-forum] FW: Diasporas of Australian cinema

[Amanda Wise]

DIASPORAS OF AUSTRALIAN CINEMA
Call for chapters
November 2006

Since its early years, Australian filmmaking has been produced by and
featured people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Filmmakers of NESB
origins have produced many of the classics of Australian cinema from Mad
Max to Careful He Might Hear You; from Lonely Hearts to Malcolm, from
Bad Boy Bubby to Storm Boy and Dot and the Kangaroo. (O'Regan 1996;
352). 

In the 1990s, twenty years after multiculturalism became the official
policy of the Australian state,  the newly accepted multicultural
identity manifested spectacularly in films such as Strictly Ballroom and
the Heartbreak Kid. At the beginning of the 21st century Australia's
cultural diversity is no longer championed at policy and government
levels, yet it remains a stable fixture of Australian cinema. Despite
their continuous prevalence in Australian film, there have been few
detailed case studies on the significance of the various cultural
diasporas that have comprised Australian filmmaking over the past
century.

In the general climate of 'pulling down the shutters' and the return to
more homogenous notions of the nationstate a book like this one is
vital, as is acknowledging the diversity that has shaped and continues
to shape Australian cinema. 

The purpose of this book is to identify the role various cultural
diasporas have played in Australian cinema over the past century by
bringing together a number of insights from a range of academics,
writers and filmmakers.

We will welcome chapter proposals on:
1) clusters of migrant filmmakers (e.g. Greek-Australian filmmakers)
2) individual migrant filmmakers including second generation migrants
3) migrant representations in Australian films, including short,
documentary and experimental filmmaking
4) representations of foreignness in Australian cinema (including
English-speaking, ie Britishness and American)
5) industrial and policy considerations of diasporic diversity in
Australian film, or
6) any related topic you would consider vital in a compendium of this
nature.

If you would like to submit a chapter proposal for Diasporas of
Australian Cinema, please e-mail 1) the suggested title, 2) abstract of
no more than 200 words, 3) five-item bibliography and 4) short
biography, all contained within one page only, to Catherine Simpson at
csimpson at scmp.mq.edu.au AND Renata Murawska at
Renata.Murawska at mq.edu.au. 

All proposals received by 31 December 2006 will be considered.

If you would like to ask further questions, do not hesitate to contact
us at the e-mail addresses given above.

Dr Catherine Simpson and Dr Renata Murawska
Department of Media
Macquarie University NSW 2109
Sydney Australia
Ph. 02 9850 8786


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