Kristina Gottschall Kristina Gottschall i(6536027 works by)
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1 Always the Larrikin : Ben Mendelsohn and Young Aussie Manhood in Australian Cinema Kristina Gottschall , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media & Cultural Studies , vol. 28 no. 6 2014; (p. 862-875)

'Ben Mendelsohn is Australian cinema's quintessential working-class larrikin of his generation. This paper will consider the kind of young, masculine, roguish, destructive character that Mendelsohn has been playing since the 1980s. It will argue that by borrowing from his cinematic forefathers and adding his unique contemporary stamp to the mould, Mendelsohn incites audiences towards a particular brand of masculinity where being young, being male and being Australian is normalized and idealized. For good and for bad, Mendelsohn is a powerful text by which Australian society constructs, maintains, protects, challenges and teaches concepts of manhood.

'Luke: When I talk to her, she'll change her mind. You know why?

Helen: Why?

Luke: Two things, you're a wog and sheila, right. I'm an Aussie and I'm a bloke. So when she talks to me, she's going to pack shit!

(Mendelsohn as Luke in Nirvana Street Murder 1990) (Publication abstract)
1 [Untitled] Kristina Gottschall , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 7 no. 1 2013; (p. 87-90)
— Review of Jedda Jane Mills , 2012 single work criticism
1 Metal Skin Kristina Gottschall , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 84-95)
1 Monkey Grip Kristina Gottschall , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 56-57)
1 The Getting of Wisdom Kristina Gottschall , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 41-42)
1 'Trashing the Suburban Streets' : Learning about 'Bad' Youth with/in Idiot Box and Suburban Mayhem Kristina Gottschall , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 5 no. 3 2012; (p. 293-306)
1 'Jesus! A Geriatric - That's All I Need!' : Learning to Come of Age With/in Popular Australian Film Kristina Gottschall , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Global Studies of Childhood , vol. 1 no. 4 2011; (p. 332-342)

'Popular film texts are powerful means by which Western societies construct, maintain, protect and challenge concepts of childhood and youth-hood. As a context where audiences learn about the self, their culture, and their place within it, popular film is understood here as pedagogic, that is, as a space where key lessons about the formation of subjecthood might take place, and at what costs. This article takes into account scholarship on popular culture as pedagogy, challenging narrow notions of popular film as a simple transmission of knowledge. Focused on how pedagogies might be at work, this article explores the use of humour, repetition, otherness, becoming and sentimentality within a selection of Australian films, and how they orientate audiences towards knowing the youth subject in particular ways. Questions of generation and how it is constructed as a commonsense battle between ‘young’ and ‘old’ are considered through the coming-of-age films, The Rage in Placid Lake (2003), Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger (2008), Crackers (1998) and Spider & Rose (1994).'

Source: Author's abstract.
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