Making settler cinemas : film and colonial encounters in the united states, australia, and ... new zealand

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-26 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Playing Empire: Settler Masculinities, Adventure, and The Four Feathers (1929)....Pages 29-58 Imperial Production, Settler Colonialism, and the Argosy Westerns....Pages 59-93 Front Matter....Pages 95-95 Ealing’s Australian Westerns....Pages 97-128 Front Matter....Pages 129-129 Hei Tiki (1935): Film Histories Past and Present....Pages 131-169 Unsettled Histories: The Seekers (1954)....Pages 171-206 Back Matter....Pages 207-272