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Migration Documentary Films in Post-War Australia

Liangwen Kuo
ISBN13: 9781604976878
Date: 18-Apr-10

Migration documentary films played an important role in promoting Australian images to the outside world. This innovative book is the first in the field that comes with a systematic and comprehensive study of migration documentary films in post-war Australia. Scholars and students whose interests include documentary films, immigration, ethnicity, national identity, and propaganda would find this book to be a valuable resource. Read More..

Naguib Mahfouz:

A Western and Eastern Cage of Female Entrapment
Pamela Allegretto-Diiulio
ISBN13: 9781934043615
Date: 28-Nov-07

" ... a monumental publication: it represents one of the first important critical studies of Mahfouz’s art—in itself a noteworthy achievement" Read More..

Nanyo-Orientalism:

Japanese Representations of the Pacific
Naoto Sudo
ISBN13: 9781604977318
Date: 28-Nov-10

This book deals mainly with 20th-century discourses on postcolonial relationships between Japanese and Pacific Islanders, as have been produced and transformed through the world powers’ colonial dynamics over the islands and sea. It examines Japanese images or representations of the area, especially Micronesia on which the term Nanyo centered. Read More..

Narrating the Prison:

Role and Representation in Charles Dickens' Novels, Twentieth-Century Fiction, and Film
Jan Alber
ISBN13: 9781934043608
Date: 18-Aug-07

"Almost formalistic in its exhaustive analysis...Alber carefully examines the experience of imprisonment as these narratives present it to those who have not been incarcerated. Recommended." - CHOICE Read More..