Apocalypse Australis: Eschatology on southern screens
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Broderick, M. (2015) Apocalypse Australis: Eschatology on southern screens. Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, 29 (5). pp. 608-620.
Link to Published Version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2015.1125091
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Abstract
This article considers the historical convergence of Australian cinema and eschatological tropes, including threads from non-secular apocalyptic narratives, the spectre of nuclear war, the ghosts of genocide and the geographical histories of southern catastrophe, cataclysm and survival. It surveys a wide range of Australian screen productions, from Soldiers of the Cross (1900) to These Final Hours (2013), in order to read the runes of antipodean revelation, dystopia and finitude.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Murdoch Affiliation(s): | School of Arts |
| Publisher: | Routledge as part of Taylor & Francis |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/30525 |
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