The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

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Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf novel
gptkbp:adaptation film
film adaptation
gptkbp:artMovement realism
social criticism
gptkbp:author gptkb:Thomas_Keneally
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Miles_Franklin_Award
gptkbp:character gptkb:Jimmie_Blacksmith
gptkbp:characterDevelopment Jimmie's_transformation
gptkbp:conflict cultural conflict
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:criticalReception well-received
gptkbp:culturalImpact explores themes of revenge
examines colonialism
discusses Aboriginal issues
gptkbp:filmFestival gptkb:Thomas_Keneally
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Bruce_Smeaton
gptkb:Jack_Thompson
gptkb:Angela_Punch_McGregor
gptkb:Ian_Baker
gptkb:Tommy_Lewis
1978
AFI Award for Best Actor
Fred Schepisi
AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
gptkbp:genre historical fiction
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:post-colonial_Australia
Aboriginal rights movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Australian_literature
postmodernism
gptkbp:influences Aboriginal culture
Australian_history
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-340-19780-0
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Jimmie_Blacksmith
gptkbp:narrativeStyle third-person
omniscient narrator
gptkbp:pageCount 320
gptkbp:publishedIn 1972
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Hodder_&_Stoughton
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:symbolism the land
the chant
the knife
gptkbp:theme identity
racism
violence