Race and the Modern Exotic: Three 'Australian' Women on Global Display

by Angela Woollacott

Race and the Modern Exotic focuses on three internationally successful 'Australian' performers from the first half of the 20th century who created newly-modern, racially-ambiguous, Australian femininities: Annette Kellerman, Rose Quong, and Merle Oberon. Annette Kellerman was a swimmer, diver, lecturer, and silent-film star. Through her international vaudeville performances and film roles, she played with the quasi-racial identity of a South Sea Islander...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921867124
• ISBN13: 9781921867125
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Monash University Publishing
• Length: 180 Pages