British Historical Cinema by Claire Monk

British Historical Cinema by Claire Monk

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From Elizabeth to Carry On Up The Khyber, and from the heritage-film debate to issues of authenticity and questions of genre, this book, with a wide range of contibutors, explores the ways in which British films have represented the past on screen.

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British Historical Cinema by Claire Monk

Films recreating or addressing 'the past' - recent or distant, actual or imagined - have been a mainstay of British cinema since the silent era. From Elizabeth to Carry On Up The Khyber, and from the heritage-film debate to issues of authenticity and questions of genre, British Historical Cinema explores the ways in which British films have represented the past on screen, the issues they raise and the debates they have provoked. Discussing films from biopics to literary adaptations, and from depictions of Britain's colonial past to the re-imagining of recent decades in retro films such as Velvet Goldmine, a range of contributors ask whose history is being represented, from whose perspective, and why.
Claire Monk is Lecturer in Media Studies at DeMontfort University. Amy Sargeant is Lecturer in History of Film and Visual Media at Birkbeck College, University of London.
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ISBN 13 9780415238106
ISBN 10 0415238102
Title British Historical Cinema
Author Claire Monk
Series British Popular Cinema
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2002-02-14
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.