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  • What the Country Tells Us: The Place of the 'Rural' in Contemporary Studies of Cinema

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    Aveyard, Karina
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    Aveyard, Karina
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    Cinemas have an important place in the social and cultural life of many Australian rural towns. They are valued as spaces around which residents of isolated communities can gather and interact, have a role in mediating concepts of identity and in promoting positive emotional attachment to place. Rural cinema histories suggest these aspects of non-metropolitan movie-going have been significant since the very early days of this screen format. This article examines the role of geography in shaping the circumstances and meaning of cinema-going in contemporary rural Australia. It also explores the connections between modern and ...
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    Cinemas have an important place in the social and cultural life of many Australian rural towns. They are valued as spaces around which residents of isolated communities can gather and interact, have a role in mediating concepts of identity and in promoting positive emotional attachment to place. Rural cinema histories suggest these aspects of non-metropolitan movie-going have been significant since the very early days of this screen format. This article examines the role of geography in shaping the circumstances and meaning of cinema-going in contemporary rural Australia. It also explores the connections between modern and historical film attendance practices, which have hitherto been obscured by scholarly neglect the rural. These interrelationships suggest a basis for rethinking the way in which cinema audiences are categorised and studied.
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    Journal Title
    Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy
    Volume
    2011
    Issue
    139
    Publisher URI
    http://www.uq.edu.au/emsah/mia
    Copyright Statement
    © 2011 Media International Australia. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Media Studies
    Studies in Human Society
    Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
    Language, Communication and Culture
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/42285
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