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Author:   Rob Cover (RMIT University, Australia) ,  Whitney Monaghan (Monash University, Australia) ,  Stuart Richards (University of South Australia) ,  Scott McKinnon (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9798765128435

Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Renaissance in Australia Queer Screen (Studies) Part 1: Histories and Formations 1. The Politics of Early Film Representation 2. Australian Queer Television 3. Framing Politics: Filmgoing and Activism Part 2: Australian Queer Film Production 4. Screen Stakeholders: Motivation, Value and Perceived Impact of LGBTQ+ Screen Media 5. The Queer Film Festival 6. New Generations of Production Part 3: Reading the Australian Queer Text 7. Reading The Set: Sexploitation or Homophobic Relic? 8. Queer Identity: ‘Special Issue’ Versus ‘Just Happens to be Queer’ Storytelling 9. Australian Queer Screen Criticism 10. Young People, Trans and Gender-diverse Coming-of-age on Screen Part 4: Audience, Identity, and Culture 11. Historical Reception Practices, Policing and Community Change 12. Audience Practices in Contexts of Space and Time 13. Young Audiences, Mental Health and Identity 14. Queer Screens and Social Change Index

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Australian Queer Screens challenges the notion that many hold that LGBTIQ+ representations were not visible throughout Australia’s rich screen history. This book is the long overdue compendium of the queer history of Australian screens. It charts these developments through their history and formations, production contexts, reading practices, and audience and culture. It is a book where the authors declare ‘Queerness has always existed on Australian screens’ and then show the diverse ways this statement is true. Australian Queer Screens is essential reading for those who want to understand just how queer Australian screen media was, is, and could be in the future. * Damien O'Meara, Lecturer, RMIT University, Australia *

Australian Queer Screens challenges the notion that many hold that LGBTIQ+ representations were not visible throughout Australia’s rich screen history. This book is the long overdue compendium of the queer history of Australian screens. It charts these developments through their history and formations, production contexts, reading practices, and audience and culture. It is a book where the authors declare ‘Queerness has always existed on Australian screens’ and then show the diverse ways this statement is true. Australian Queer Screens is essential reading for those who want to understand just how queer Australian screen media was, is, and could be in the future. * Damien O’Meara, RMIT University, Australia *

Author Information

Rob Cover is Professor of Digital Communication and Director of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Whitney Monaghan is Lecturer in Communications and Media Studies at Monash University, Australia. Stuart Richards is Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of South Australia. Scott McKinnon is Assistant Director at the National Library of Australia and Honorary Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Australia. Tinonee Pym is Research Associate at Adelaide University, South Australia.

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