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Adolescence and abuse : trauma and the socio-sexual abject in John Duigans lawn dogs

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posted on 2008-09-01, 00:00 authored by Leonie RutherfordLeonie Rutherford
The article analyzes the presentation of youth in the film "Lawn Dogs," directed by John Duigan. In the film, the child as victim is defined by socio-economic contexts. The author explores the discursive moves by which means the film witnesses or occludes the traumatic experiences suffered by the child and adolescent characters, and how far it articulates a satiric revision of social hierarchies that construct generational identities of gender and class.

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Journal

Metro

Volume

158

Pagination

136 - 140

Publisher

Australian Teachers of Media

Location

Melbourne, Vic.

ISSN

0312-2654

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2008, Australian Teachers of Media

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