Nigel Mather

Tears of laughter

Comedy-drama in 1990s British cinema

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Produktbeschreibung

Critically explores the interactions of comedy and drama within a group of popular and influential British films released during the 90s, demonstrating that this was an innovative period in British film history. Films discussed include: 'Brassed Off', 'The Full Monty', 'East is East', 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Love Actually'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9780719070778
• ISBN-10: 0719070775
• Artikelnr.: 21376867

Autorenporträt

Nigel Mather is Honorary Researcher (Film Studies) in the School of Arts, University of Kent at Canterbury

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Introduction 'Tears of laughter': comedy-drama in 1990s British
cinema Chapter one 'Things can only get better...'- comedies of class,
culture and community 2.1 Concepts of community, 'comical' cultural clashes
and British cinema 2.2 The 'Ealing spirit' and 1990s regional comedies 2.3
Case studies: Brassed Off (1996) The Full Monty (1997) 2.4 Conclusion
Chapter two Racial discourses, ethnicity, and the 'comic mode' in
contemporary British cinema 3.1 'To love (or hate) thy neighbour?'
Situational comedy and racial conflicts in 1970s British film and
television culture 3.2 My Beautiful Laundrette (1986), a 1980s ethnic 'soap
opera', and 'Rita, Sue, Bob and Aslam Too' 3.3 Developing notions of ethnic
comedy-drama in 1990s British cinema 3.4 Case Study: East is East (1999)
3.5 Conclusion Chapter three Romantic comedy and new beginnings in 1990s
British cinema 4.1 Conceptualising the 'comic romance' 4.2 Trends and
traditions of romantic comic drama in British film culture 4.3 Constructing
romantic scenarios in 1990s British cinema 4.4 Case studies: Four Weddings
and a Funeral (1994) Notting Hill (1999) Love Actually (2003) 4.5
Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Filmography