When the Sun Sets over Suburbia: Class and Subculture in Bruce Beresford's Puberty Blues.
The article analyzes the film "Puberty Blues," by Bruce Beresford. The film focuses on Australian surf culture of the 1970s, as a prism through which Australian society is seen. The film, revolving around the quest of upwardly mobile locals, to join the elite Greenhills surfing gang, signifies a tur...
| Published in: | Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 407 - 419 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2006
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