Philip Gillett

The British working class in postwar film (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

An incidental pleasure of watching a film is what it tells us about the society in which it is made. Using a sociological model, The British working class in postwar film looks at how working-class people were portrayed in British feature films in the decade after the Second World War. Though some of the films examined are well known, others have been forgotten and deserve reassessment. Original statistical data is used to assess the popularity of the films with audiences. With its interdisciplinary approach and the avoidance of jargon, this book seeks to broaden the approach to film studies. Students of media and cultural studies are introduced to the skills of other disciplines, while sociologists and historians are encouraged to consider the value of film evidence in their own fields. This work should appeal to all readers interested in social history and in how cinema and society works.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526141804
• Artikelnr.: 60362666

Autorenporträt

Philip GIllett is a freelance researcher and writer on film

Inhaltsangabe

1. Exploring a lost cultures 2. who were the workers? 3. the guns fall
silent: recollections of war 4. People don't lock their doors: the
working-class community 5. Family fortunes: portrayals of the working-class
family 6. Going up in the world: goodbye to the working-class 7. The wrong
side of the law: who were the criminals? 8. Going to the bad: the treatment
of the young offender 9. The Janus faces of the dance hall 10. Echoes of
applause: from music hall to cellluloid 11. Think of the kids: the postwar
child in films 12. The looking-glass world of the cinema Index