Christine Grandy

Heroes and happy endings

Class, gender, and nation in popular film and fiction in interwar Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

Examination of the popular film and fiction consumed by Britons in the 1920s and 1930s -- .

Produktdetails

• Studies in Popular Culture
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781526106827
• ISBN-10: 1526106825
• Artikelnr.: 46855829

Autorenporträt

Christine Grandy is a Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Lincoln

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The role of popular culture between the wars 1. A man imagined: Heroes
work
and nation 2. The shape of villainy: Profiteering and money-men 3. That magic moment: The female love-interest and the villainess. 4. Building character: Censorship
the Home Office
and the British Board of Film Censors Conclusion: Thoughts on heroes
villains
and love-interests beyond 1939 Images and Appendices Bibliography Index