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The Orphan Complex : An Australian Myth Travels to AsiaGabrielle Finnane,
1997single work criticism — Appears in:
Australia and Asia : Cultural Transactions1997;(p. 52-69)'This essay is a redescription of Australian films set in or dealing in some way with Asia. If an imaginary 'Asia' is sometimes a feature of Australian films, it is only as a generic motif viewed entirely through a lens of internal preoccupations of Australian culture. [...] To my eyes Romper Stomper and The Good Woman of Bangkok have a long cultural genealogy (pp. 53, 54).
The Orphan Complex : An Australian Myth Travels to AsiaGabrielle Finnane,
1997single work criticism — Appears in:
Australia and Asia : Cultural Transactions1997;(p. 52-69)'This essay is a redescription of Australian films set in or dealing in some way with Asia. If an imaginary 'Asia' is sometimes a feature of Australian films, it is only as a generic motif viewed entirely through a lens of internal preoccupations of Australian culture. [...] To my eyes Romper Stomper and The Good Woman of Bangkok have a long cultural genealogy (pp. 53, 54).
