LEADER 03197nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910819695403321 005 20240410104412.0 010 $a0-7486-5109-8 010 $a9786610501489 010 $a1-280-50148-0 010 $a0-7486-2661-1 024 3 $z9780748626618 024 3 $z9780748621071 024 3 $z9780748621088 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351177 035 $a(EBL)264961 035 $a(OCoLC)475989284 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000185966 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11939119 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185966 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10217397 035 $a(PQKB)10325313 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055491 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC264961 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL264961 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10130480 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL50148 035 $a(DE-B1597)615442 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748626618 035 $a(OCoLC)1302165915 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351177 100 $a20060515d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJohn Mills and British cinema $emasculinity, identity and nation /$fGill Plain 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-2107-5 311 $a0-7486-2108-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-248) and index. 320 $aIncludes filmography. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; 1 Introduction: Acting English; 2 A British Cagney? Cinema and self-definition in the 1930's; 3 Mills at War, 1940?45: The nation incarnate?; 4 A Cautionary Note: Great expeditions and the postwar world; 5 Dead Men, Angry Men and Drunks: Post-traumatic stress and the 1950's; 6 The Spectre of Impotence: Fathers, lovers and defeated authority; 7 Playing the Fool: Comedy and the end of Everyman; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; 330 $aA study of masculinity, national identity and the screen persona of the actor John Mills. This work questions how it was possible for an actor to embody national identity. It explores the cultural contexts in which Mills and the nation became synonymous, and offers a perspective on 40 years of cinema and social change. 606 $aMasculinity in motion pictures 606 $aMotion picture actors and actresses$zGreat Britain 606 $aMotion pictures$zGreat Britain$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNationalism in motion pictures 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMotion pictures and the war 615 0$aMasculinity in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion picture actors and actresses 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNationalism in motion pictures. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMotion pictures and the war. 676 $a791.43028092 700 $aPlain$b Gill$0164568 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819695403321 996 $aJohn Mills and British cinema$94103651 997 $aUNINA