Overview
- Offers a multi-disciplinary range of texts, analyses and primary sources to illuminate the post-punk milieu of inner-city Australia; its social historical impact; its reflection in built environment use and reuse; and its representation in film
- Features original and hitherto undocumented interviews and materials relating to Dogs in Space; testimony from both observers and participants in the film and the events it portrays; and analysis and research from academics and insiders
- Provides new insight into a film continually growing in popularity and value over time; mapping the richness of a multi-layered work, providing insight into a host of historical and contemporary worlds
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About this book
This book is a collection of essays exploring the place, period and legacy of Dogs in Space, by people who were there or who have been affected by this remarkable film. The writers are musicians, actors and artists and also academics in heritage, history, urban planning, gender studies, geography, performance and music. This is an invaluable resource for anyone passionate about Australian film, society, culture, history, heritage, music and art.
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sophie Perillo is an interdisciplinary performance artist, musician and writer. She has devised independent and collaborative performance works for Artist Run Initiatives, major galleries and festivals. She has performed in Melbourne bands The Ancients, PSA and Hi God People. Her research and writing is centred in gender theory, performativity and theatricality.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Urban Australia and Post-Punk
Book Subtitle: Exploring Dogs in Space
Editors: David Nichols, Sophie Perillo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9702-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9701-2Published: 25 February 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9702-9Published: 25 February 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 338
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Australasian Cinema and TV, Urban Studies/Sociology, Human Geography, Music, Youth Culture