02881oam 2200661I 450 991044983190332120200520144314.097802031904080-203-19040-81-134-69465-21-280-32861-40-203-13572-510.4324/9780203135723 (CKB)1000000000001075(EBL)166129(OCoLC)49569876(SSID)ssj0000114967(PQKBManifestationID)11143188(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114967(PQKBWorkID)10148151(PQKB)10851607(MiAaPQ)EBC166129(Au-PeEL)EBL166129(CaPaEBR)ebr5003765(CaONFJC)MIL32861(EXLCZ)99100000000000107520180331d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBritish cinema in the fifties gender, genre, and the 'new look' /Christine GeraghtyLondon ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (240 p.)Communication and societyDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-17157-1 0-415-17158-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; The experience of picturegoing: cinema as a social space; Modernity, the modern and fifties Britain; Rural rebels and the landscape of opposition; Resisting modernity: comedies of bureaucracy and expertise; The post-war settlement and women's choices: melodrama and realism in Ealing drama; European relations: sex, politics and the European woman; The Commonwealth film and the liberal dilemma; Reconstituting the family: 'It's for the children that I'm worried'Femininity in the fifties: the new woman and the problem of the female starThe fifties war film: creating space for the triumph of masculinity; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; IndexIn British Cinema 1945-63, Christine Geraghty examines some of the most popular films of this period, exploring the ways in which they reworked contemporary social issues and themes such as national identity.Communication and society.Motion picturesGreat BritainHistoryMotion picturesSocial aspectsGreat BritainElectronic books.Motion picturesHistory.Motion picturesSocial aspects791.43094109045Geraghty Christine.759902MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449831903321British cinema in the fifties2159035UNINA