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Adaptation and Authorial Celebrity: Robyn Davidson and the Context of John Curran’s Tracks (2013)

Adaptation and Authorial Celebrity: Robyn Davidson and the Context of John Curran’s Tracks (2013) AbstractThis article explores the discursive context surrounding John Curran’s recentadaptation of Robyn Davidson’s Tracks(1980), suggesting thatthe mutual imbrication of the film and its source texts works against the grainof recent trends in adaptation studies that seek to distance them, and toconsider screen adaptations as independent creations. At the centre of the redcarpet at international film festival premiers as well as the broader publicitycampaign promoting Tracksstands author Robyn Davidson, whosenuanced understanding of the adaptation process and savvy relationship to themedia have enabled her to retain a firm grip on her original material, at thesame time as establishing for herself a pivotal role in enunciating the film’sgreater significance and authentic ‘Australianness’ for both local and globalaudiences. Davidson’s role impacts, ultimately, on the positioning of the filmin terms of genre, character, nationality, history, race, and gender politicsand ecology—as well as making the adaptation process an explicit subject fordiscussion in Tracks’ wider articulation and framing. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adaptation Oxford University Press

Adaptation and Authorial Celebrity: Robyn Davidson and the Context of John Curran’s Tracks (2013)

Weaver, Rachael
Adaptation , Volume 9 (1) – Mar 1, 2016
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1755-0637
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AbstractThis article explores the discursive context surrounding John Curran’s recentadaptation of Robyn Davidson’s Tracks(1980), suggesting thatthe mutual imbrication of the film and its source texts works against the grainof recent trends in adaptation studies that seek to distance them, and toconsider screen adaptations as independent creations. At the centre of the redcarpet at international film festival premiers as well as the broader publicitycampaign promoting Tracksstands author Robyn Davidson, whosenuanced understanding of the adaptation process and savvy relationship to themedia have enabled her to retain a firm grip on her original material, at thesame time as establishing for herself a pivotal role in enunciating the film’sgreater significance and authentic ‘Australianness’ for both local and globalaudiences. Davidson’s role impacts, ultimately, on the positioning of the filmin terms of genre, character, nationality, history, race, and gender politicsand ecology—as well as making the adaptation process an explicit subject fordiscussion in Tracks’ wider articulation and framing.

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Published: Mar 1, 2016

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