Representations of Masculinity in Australian Cult Film
by Renee Miller
Abstract
As a discipline, film studies has always been interested in diverse representation of identity on screen. The study of Australian cult films is a valuable forum in which it is possible to represent diverse kinds of male identity, some of which are often ignored by more mainstream feature films. This paper explores the nature of cult film, what an Australian cult film encompasses and how the ‘cult' category allows for the representation of marginalised identities, as it too exists on the fringe. Cult audiences represent a type of diversity, especially in their passionate responses to marginal Australian films such as Dogs in Space. Dogs In Space will be utilised as a case study to show how cult provides the scope for a wide range of representations of masculinity at a time when we are rethinking diversity, masculinity and what it is to be an Australian male.
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Biography
Renee Miller is in the third year of her PhD candidature in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Communications. Her research interests are Australian film, cult film, masculinity and television.
Renee can be contacted at rmm12@uow.edu.au
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