Australian Queer Screens

Australian Queer Screens challenges the notion that many hold that LGBTIQ+ representations were not visible throughout Australia’s rich screen history. This book is the long overdue compendium of the queer history of Australian screens. It charts these developments through their history and formations, production contexts, reading practices and audience and culture. It is a book where the authors declare ‘Queerness has always existed on Australian screens’ and then show the diverse ways this statement is true. Australian Queer Screens is essential reading for those who want to understand just how queer Australian screen media was, is and could be in the future. * Damien O'Meara, Lecturer, RMIT University, Australia *
Queer representation is global – not just in Hollywood – and Australian Queer Screens: Diversity and Social Change in Film and TV displays in full force the splendid diversity and intelligence of Australian queer cinema and television. Deeply researched and meticulously comprehensive this is not just a survey of a national cinema, but a necessary resource for anyone interested in world cinema. The range of discussion here is breathtaking – profiles of individual films, production details, the economics of television, reception analysis, educational impact – and while the details here are specific to Australia, the lessons to be learned are universal. Mandatory reading for anyone interested in queer representation. * Michael Bronski, Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality, Harvard University, USA *