Grandy Heroes and happy endings

Class, gender, and nation in popular film and fiction in interwar Britain
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1121-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Popular Culture

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grandy, Christine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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