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UNINA9910784162603321 |
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Autore |
Blandford Steven |
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Titolo |
Film, drama and the break-up of Britain [[electronic resource] /] / Steve Blandford |
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Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-74769-2 |
9786610747696 |
1-84150-979-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion pictures - Great Britain - History and criticism |
Theater - Great Britain - History and criticism |
Motion pictures - Political aspects - Great Britain |
Theater - Political aspects - Great Britain |
Nationalism in motion pictures |
Nationalism in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-189) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Last Orders in Wonderland: England and Cinema; Chapter 3 Beyond 'Priests, Pigs and Poverty': Ireland and Cinema; Chapter 4 'We Can't Even Pick a Decent Country to be Colonised By': Scotland and Cinema; Chapter 5 'A Beautiful Mistake': Wales and Cinema; Chapter 6 'An Evaporation of Certainty': England and Theatre; Chapter 7 'Protestants Don't Write Plays, You See': Ireland and Theatre; Chapter 8 No More 'Cultural Cringe': Scotland and Theatre; Chapter 9 Behind 'the Façade of Cool Cymru': Wales and Theatre |
BibliographyIndex; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When the sun set on the British Empire, the resultant fragmentation of British identity emerged most tellingly in artistic works: cinematic works such as Howards End depicted a richly historical land steeped in tradition and tragedy, while the more modern Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels revealed a brutal yet sharply humorous portrayal of |
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