Picturing home : domestic life and modernity in 1940s British film / Hollie Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, Hollie, author.

Series:

Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)

Studies in popular culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Civilization, Modern, in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Exploring how home was pictured in the 'golden age' of British cinema, this book draws on a wide range of evidence to explore the depiction of domestic life in popular culture. Author Hollie Price resituates feature films from the 1940s in relation to narratives of domestic, suburban modernity and the middlebrow established in the interwar years.

Contents:

Introduction: 'Mid pleasures and palaces'

1. 'Tea Table Politics': mapping the industrial working-class home

2. Pastoral images: capturing 'A Landscape from Within'

3. Dream palaces: transforming the domestic Interior

4. Interior lives: imagining private visions of home

Conclusion: 'The best of both worlds'

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781526138217

1526138212

OCLC:

1240712166