British cinema in the fifties : gender, genre and the 'new look' / Christine Geraghty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geraghty, Christine.

Series:

Communication and society.

Communication and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Great Britain--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In British Cinema 1945-63, Christine Geraghty examines some of the most popular films of this period, exploring the ways in which they reworked contemporary social issues and themes such as national identity.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; The experience of picturegoing: cinema as a social space; Modernity, the modern and fifties Britain; Rural rebels and the landscape of opposition; Resisting modernity: comedies of bureaucracy and expertise; The post-war settlement and women's choices: melodrama and realism in Ealing drama; European relations: sex, politics and the European woman; The Commonwealth film and the liberal dilemma; Reconstituting the family: 'It's for the children that I'm worried'

Femininity in the fifties: the new woman and the problem of the female starThe fifties war film: creating space for the triumph of masculinity; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-69464-4

9780203190408

0-203-19040-8

1-134-69465-2

1-280-32861-4

0-203-13572-5

9780203135723

OCLC:

49569876