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The outback as home: young aboriginal identities return to the land in Samson and Delilah and Satellite boy

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Šimičić, Ivana. (2017). The outback as home: young aboriginal identities return to the land in Samson and Delilah and Satellite boy. Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of English Language and Literature. [mentor Polak, Iva].

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Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of two films by Aboriginal writers and directors, Warwick Thornton’s Samson and Delilah (2009) and Catriona McKenzie’s Satellite Boy (2012). The films assert the challenges of shaping and understanding the identities of young Aboriginals in Australia. The discussion considers the cinematography of the two films and their representations of the idea that young Aboriginal characters come to terms with their identities by embracing their Aboriginal and familiar culture, stories and practices in the wake of their circular journeys between the remote communities and Australian towns. The notion of Aboriginal family is depicted as fundamental for conveying Aboriginal cultural experiences to younger generations in close interrelation with country and community.

Item Type: Diploma Thesis
Uncontrolled Keywords: Samson and Delilah, Satellite Boy, Australian Aboriginal identity, Aboriginal culture, remote community vs. town, Aboriginal country/land
Subjects: English language and literature
Departments: Department of English Language and Literature
Supervisor: Polak, Iva
Date Deposited: 12 Feb 2018 13:10
Last Modified: 12 Feb 2018 13:10
URI: http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/9504

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