In this report we will examine a couple of Australian movies which offer representations of Australian masculinities and discuss how men are represented and the relationship between this and questions of Australian identity. These movies are namely Crocodile Dundee (character Mick Dundee) and The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. One point becomes evident that that the characters type symbolized in Australian movies is predominantly male centered. Australian films are inclined to show a gender intolerance towards …
showed first 75 words of 1918 total

showed last 75 words of 1918 total
…Gender Trouble Down Under: Australian Masculinities, Presses Universitaires de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 2002. 3. Australian Film: From the World Wide Web 2002-2004 http://www.glbtq.com/arts/aus_film.html 4. Australian film in the 1970s: the ocker and the quality film: Tom O Regan From the World Wide Web 2000http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/film/1970s.html 5. Mainstreaming Australia: Leigh Dale: From the World Wide Web http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5000537128