James D. Stone

America Through a British Lens

Cinematic Portrayals 1930-2010

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As the British watched their empire crumble and the United States became the dominant world power, many British films warned of the dangers posed by American culture. Americans were frequently portrayed as disconcertingly ambitious, reckless and irreverent. Yet the same films that depicted the U.S. as an agent of chaos also suggested Britons might do well to embrace American-style energy and egalitarianism. Movies like Love Actually, The Quatermass Xperiment, 28 Weeks Later, Local Hero and Alfred Hitchcock's Secret Agent have delved into the storied "special relationship" between the U.S. and U.K. These films and many more examined in this first book-length study of British movies about America, reveal much about British attitudes regarding power, gender, class, sexuality and emotion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 361g
• ISBN-13: 9780786498147
• ISBN-10: 0786498145
• Artikelnr.: 44941999

Autorenporträt

James D. Stone is an associate professor in the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Admitting America to British Life 1.
"I used to like gangsters and newspaper films, but I'm not so sure now": The Hollywood Dreams of Jessie Matthews and the British Film Industry 2.
"But he's so kind and friendly!" The Mysterious American in 1930s British Cinema 3.
Johnny in the Clouds: Middle-Class Fantasies of the American G.I. 4.
"Funny thing about controls, suddenly they go haywire": Debating the Necessity of Restraint in Postwar Britain 5.
"A well-intentioned but inexperienced colossus": British Cinema, Picture Post and the Redefinition of National Identity in the Postwar Period 6.
A World Worth Saving? Redefining National Identity in Margaret Thatcher's Britain 7.
"You're his little English bitch and you don't even know it": Gendering Anglo-American Relations in Post-9/11 British Cinema Chapter Notes Bibliography Index