Through a shrewd analysis of the historical experience of imperialism and settler colonialism, Limbrick draws new conclusions about their effect on cinematic production, distribution, reception and filmic discourse.

Autorentext

PETER LIMBRICK is Assistant Professor in Film and Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA where he teaches international cinemas. His publications have appeared in Screening the Past, Cinema Journal, Camera Obscura, and Journal of Visual Culture.

Inhalt
Introduction PART I: Making a Settler Cinema in the United States Playing Empire: Settler Masculinities, Adventure, and The Four Feathers (1929) Imperial Production, Settler Colonialism, and the Argosy Westerns PART II: Empire and Settler Cinema in Australia Ealing's Australian Westerns PART III: Film History and Settler Cinema in Aotearoa/New Zealand Hei Tiki (1935): Film Histories Past and Present Unsettled Histories: The Seekers (1954)