Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army (Studies in Popular Culture) - Hardcover

Richards, Jeffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719047420 ISBN 13: 9780719047428

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This book seeks to examine the ways in which the cinema has defined, mythified and disseminated British national identity during the course of the twentieth century. It takes the form of a series of linked essays which examine chronologically, thematically and by specific case studies of films, stars and genres the complexities and ambiguities in the process of evolution and definition of national identity. It argues for the creation of a distinctive British national identity both in cinema and the wider culture. But it also assesses the creation of alternative identities both ethnic and regional and examines the interaction of cinema and other cultural forms.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey Richards is Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster University -- .

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0719047420
• ISBN 13: 9780719047428
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350