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Australian Queer Screens
Diversity and Social Change in Film and TV
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This is the first book-length study of Australia’s rich history of LGBTQ+ film and television, covering histories, production, screen representation and audience identities. Despite a long-standing international field of queer media studies, Australian scholarship has only recently emerged. Screen diversity in Australia is important to cultural...
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The first book-length study of Australia’s rich history of LGBTQ+ film and television, covering histories, production, screen representation and audience identities.
The first book-length study of Australia’s rich history of LGBTQ+ film and television, covering histories, production, screen representation and audience identities.
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This is the first book-length study of Australia’s rich history of LGBTQ+ film and television, covering histories, production, screen representation and audience identities.
Despite a long-standing international field of queer media studies, Australian scholarship has only recently emerged. Screen diversity in Australia is important to cultural policy, education and social harmony. This book presents new scholarship on the role and significance of gender- and sexually-diverse characters, themes and narratives on Australian screens, as Australian film and television have a very rich history of representing LGBTQ+, gender- and sexually-diverse characters, stories and themes.
The chapters in Australian Queer Screens cover a broad range of areas to provide a comprehensive overview of LGBTQ+ film and television in Australia, including:
- The history and formation of LGBTQ+ screen representation in such film and TV series as Dad and Dave Come To Town, Lovers and Luggers, Cop Shop, Division 4, and Homicide.
- Production perspectives and challenges, including insights from screen writers and actors.
- The significance of LGBTQ+ film festivals as part of Australian cultural heritage.
- Analyses of key Australian queer film and TV series to draw out themes that foreground their ‘Australianness’, including The Set, Victims, and Boys in the Band, among others.
- Perspectives on audience and culture, including the utility and value of LGBTQ+ screen representation to identity, belonging, and social change.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9798765128435
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 February 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Illustration: 4 bw illus
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 440g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Rob Cover is Professor of Digital Communication and Director of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Whitney Monaghan is Lecturer in Communications and Media Studies at Monash University, Australia.
Stuart Richards is Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of South Australia.
Scott McKinnon is Assistant Director at the National Library of Australia and Honorary Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Australia.
Tinonee Pym is Research Associate at Adelaide University, South Australia.
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