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Wartime cinema, Englishness and propaganda : Michael Powell and the 'Pressburger Touch' / Ina Habermann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Habermann, Ina, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988.
- Pressburger, Emeric.
- Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.
- Powell, Michael.
- Archers (Firm).
- Motion pictures--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- Great Britain in motion pictures.
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Motion pictures in propaganda.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- data file
- Biography/History:
- Ina Habermann is Professor of English Literature at the University of Basel.
- Summary:
- The book provides a study of the wartime films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and their team the Archers between 1938 and 1947, situated within wartime cinema and focussing on national identity explored with the 'Pressburger Touch'.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: the Archers' tale
- Propaganda and the British media
- The 'phoney war'
- The 'people's war'
- Beyond propaganda
- Post-war preoccupations
- Conclusion: touched by Pressburger
- Select bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-7949-0
- 1-5261-7951-2
- OCLC:
- 1533766869
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