TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Reconciling Nicci Lane: The ‘Unspeakable’ Significance of Australia's First Indigenous Porn Star
JO  - Continuum: journal of media and cultural studies
A1  - King, Andrew
SP  - 523
EP  - 543
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
N2  - This article will explore X-rated representations of Aboriginality in Australian-produced pornographic videos, particularly the image of Australia's first indigenous porn star, Nicci Lane. It investigates how pornographic narratives involving ‘Aboriginal’ characters or motifs are connected to broader embodiments of Aboriginality in popular culture. Drawing a parallel with Australian television drama and mainstream films, the article highlights how contemporary sexualised images of Aboriginal people are intimately tied to a politics of reconciliation. By surveying recent literature on pornography, which describe how certain pornographic narratives engage ‘unspoken’ community desires, my argument will discuss Nicci Lane's career as a unique development in the history of representations of Aboriginality. Through analysis of Lane's Arigato Baby (1991), these ‘unspoken’ desires relate to showing Indigenous people in everyday sexual contexts, as romantic partners, friends and lovers. My argument will go on to suggest that, through Nicci Lane's performance and profile, the image of Australia's first indigenous porn star offers the possibility for imagining new kinds of interracial intimacy within the Australian public sphere.<p /> 
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SN  - 1030-4312
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10304310500322826
ID  - ref1
ER  -