The British monarchy on screen / edited by Mandy Merck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merck, Mandy, editor, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queens in motion pictures.

Kings and rulers in motion pictures.

Royal houses--Great Britain--History.

Royal houses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 400 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, 2016

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

In the first book-length examination of film and television representations of this enduring institution, distinguished scholars of media and political history analyse the screen representations of royalty from Henry VIII to ‘William and Kate’. Seventeen essays by international commentators including Ian Christie, Elisabeth Bronfen, Andrew Higson and Glynn Davies examine the portrayal of royalty in the ‘actuality’ picture, the early extended feature, amateur cinema, the movie melodrama, the Commonwealth documentary, New Queer Cinema, TV current affairs, the big screen ceremonial and the post-historical boxed set. Among their concerns are the commercial value of royal representations, the convergence of the monarch and the movie star, and the British monarchy’s historical use of the moving image to further its legitimacy. This book is a long-overdue contribution to film and television studies, and will be essential reading for scholars and students of British media and political history.

Contents:

Introduction

part I. Victorian inventions

part II. The Elizabethan diva

part III. Images of empire

part IV. Popular participation in royal representation

part V. Television's contested histories

part VI. Monarchy in contemporary anglophone cinema

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on e-publication, viewed on March 06, 2018.

CC BY

OCLC:

945438080