Date of Award
1-1-2003
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Arts
School
School of Communications and Multimedia
Faculty
Faculty of Communications and Creative Industries
First Supervisor
Robyn Quin
Abstract
Representations of the family in the Australian popular media in recent years appear to have shifted from a traditional nuclear family form to more diverse constructions, and the family has become an institution that is more often associated with dysfunction rather than the idealised notions of caring and support. This study will examine this re-evaluation of the nuclear family through a close analysis of the film Muriel's Wedding (1994). How the discourses of gender and nationalism intersect with those of marriage and family will be studied, in an attempt to understand this reappraisal of the Australian family.
Recommended Citation
Chambers, Z. (2003). A study of the representation of marriage and the family in the film Muriel's wedding. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1298