The “battler” figure has been a popular and enduring character in the Australian cultural imagination, of literature and screen, from the time of The Sentimental Bloke (1919) and then featured in the Dad and Dave films (1932-1995). It was later “ockerised” for Bazza McKenzie, “Crocodile” Dundee and others. It is a deeply engrained identifier in the national memory, this ordinary citizen, workingclass, well-intentioned, hard-working, the underdog who struggles against the world to overcome troubles through an essential integrity. The symbol of the battler has been used to reflect what we hope we are as Australians. My paper is about two more recent battlers on our screens.
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Kenny and Australian cinema in the Howard era
Remapping cinema, remaking history : XIVth biennial Conference of the Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand : conference proceedings
Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference (FHAANZ 2008), 14th (Dunedin, New Zealand, 27/11/2008 - 30/11/2008)
2009
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- Title
- Kenny and Australian cinema in the Howard era
- Creators
- Lisa Milner - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Remapping cinema, remaking history : XIVth biennial Conference of the Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand : conference proceedings
- Conference
- Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference (FHAANZ 2008), 14th (Dunedin, New Zealand, 27/11/2008 - 30/11/2008)
- Publisher
- Department of Media, Film and Communication, University of Otago and the Research Network on Cultures, Identities and Histories in Film, Media and Literature, University of Otago; Dunedin, New Zealand
- Identifiers
- 1460; 991012820706202368
- Academic Unit
- School of Arts and Social Sciences; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; Creative Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding