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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 1828–2017
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'‘A Cultural History of the Bushranger Legend in Theatres and Cinemas, 1828–2017’ is a cultural history of the bushranger legend on stage and screen from colonial to contemporary Australia. It provides a detailed analysis of the mechanisms through which bushrangers became an indelible part of the Australian cultural consciousness.'

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  • Table of Contents:

    Introduction: Defining the Bushranger Legend;

    Part 1: Establishing the Legend;

    1. The First Bushranger Melodrama;

    2. Alfred Dampier and the Nationalistic Melodrama;

    3. Wild West Shows and Wild Australia;

    4. Hippodramas and Edward Irham Cole;

    Part 2: Developing the Legend;

    5. The Bushranger Genre from Stage to Screen;

    6. The Bushranger Ban;

    7. British and American Interventions in the Bushranger Legend;

    8. Radical Nationalism and the Bushranger Legend;

    Part 3: Fragmenting the Legend;

    9. Historical Revisionism and the Bushranger Legend;

    10. Diversification and Inclusiveness of the Bushranger Legend;

    11. Globalization of the Bushranger Legend in Outlaw Road Movies;

    Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Anthem Press ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 248p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 2019.

      ISBN: 9781783088911
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