A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 18282017

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A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 18282017 is written by Andrew James Couzens and published by Anthem Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1783088923 (ISBN 10) and 9781783088928 (ISBN 13).

'A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 1828–2017' is a multidisciplinary investigation into the history of cultural representations of the bushranger legend on the stage and screen, charting that history from its origins in colonial theatre works performed while bushrangers still roamed Australia’s bush to contemporary Australian cinema. It considers the influences of industrial, political and social disruptions on these representations as well as their contributions to those disruptions. The cultural history recounted in this book provides not only an insight into the role of popular narrative representations of bushrangers in the development and reflection of Australian character, but also a detailed case study of the specific mechanisms at work in the symbiosis between a nation’s values and its creative production.