E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Studies in Popular Culture
Grandy Heroes and happy endings
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1120-3
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Class, gender, and nation in popular film and fiction in interwar Britain
E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Studies in Popular Culture
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1120-3
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This is a highly anticipated examination of the popular film and fiction consumed by Britons in the 1920s and 1930s. Departing from a prevailing emphasis on popular culture as escapist, Christine Grandy offers a fresh perspective by noting the enduring importance of class and gender divisions in the narratives read and watched by the working and middle classes between the wars. This compelling study ties contemporary concerns about ex-soldiers, profiteers, and working and voting women to the heroes, villains and love-interests that dominated a range of films and novels. Heroes and happy endings further considers the state's role in shaping the content of popular narratives through censorship. An important and highly readable work for scholars and students interested in cultural and social history, as well as media and film studies, this book is sure to shift our understanding of the role of mass culture in the 1920s and 1930s.
