{"product_id":"reel-men-australian-masculinity-in-the-movies-1949-1962-paperback","title":"Reel Men: Australian Masculinity in the Movies 1949-1962 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChelsea Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the shifting social and political backdrop of a nation throwing off the shackles of one war yet faced with the instability of the new world order, Reel Men probes the concept of 1950s masculinity itself, asking what it meant to be an Australian man at this time. Offering a compelling exploration of the Australian fifties, the book challenges the common belief that the fifties was a 'dead' era for Australian filmmaking. \u003ci\u003eReel Men\u003c\/i\u003e engages with fourteen Australian feature films made and released between 1949 and 1962, and examines the multiple masculinities in circulation at this time. Dealing with beloved Australian films like \u003ci\u003eJedda\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), \u003ci\u003eSmiley\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), and \u003ci\u003eThe Shiralee\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), and national icons of the silver screen including Chips Rafferty, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, and Peter Finch, \u003ci\u003eReel Men \u003c\/i\u003edelves into our cultural past to dismantle powerful assumptions about film, the fifties, and masculinity in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChelsea Barnett holds a PhD in modern history from Macquarie University. She is currently working on a cultural history of single men in twentieth-century Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48902311706873,"sku":"9780522872477","price":47.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/5qYlTkgONp9780522872477.webp?v=1787761367","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/reel-men-australian-masculinity-in-the-movies-1949-1962-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}