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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784162603321

Autore

Blandford Steven

Titolo

Film, drama and the break-up of Britain [[electronic resource] /] / Steve Blandford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2007

ISBN

1-280-74769-2

9786610747696

1-84150-979-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

302.2340941

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



contemporary English life.