Patricia O'Brien Patricia O'Brien i(A20651 works by)
Born: Established: 1945 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Wild Colonial Boy : Errol Flynn’s Rape Trial, Pacific Pasts and the Making of Hollywood Patricia O'Brien , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 52 no. 4 2021; (p. 591-610)

'This article examines the sensational 1942–43 trial of Hollywood’s leading man, Australian actor Errol Flynn. One purpose of this article is to track the trial’s course and social reverberations offering valuable insights into a critical historical precedent to the recent #MeToo movement. The article’s other purpose is to place the trial story, centred in America’s ‘film colony’ of Hollywood, in the context of Flynn’s backstory in Australia’s colonies of Papua and New Guinea, a period of Flynn’s life that ended only nine years before his trial. This article connects Flynn’s sexual experiences in New Guinea, especially his celebration of sex with very young New Guinea girls, with Hollywood’s sexual exploitation of teenage girls, a culture exposed by Flynn’s trial but ultimately condoned by a court in wartime America. The article interrogates Flynn’s role in circulating ideas about sex with underage girls and their implications in the past and present.' (Publication abstract)

1 y separately published work icon R.D. FitzGerald : A Bibliography Jennifer Marjorie Van Wageningen , Patricia O'Brien , Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1970 Z91205 1970 single work bibliography
1 Hostile Confrontation : Thoughts on La Mama Patricia O'Brien , 1970 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Critic , 30 June vol. 10 no. 9 1970; (p. 92)
1 y separately published work icon Randolph Stow : A Bibliography Patricia O'Brien , Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1968 Z320876 1968 single work bibliography
1 1 y separately published work icon Judith Wright : A Bibliography Patricia O'Brien , E. Robinson , Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1968 Z10477 1968 single work bibliography
1 1 y separately published work icon A. D. Hope : A Bibliography Patricia O'Brien , Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1968 Z223686 1968 single work bibliography
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