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Social realism : art, nationhood and politics / / by David Forrest



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Autore: Forrest David Visualizza persona
Titolo: Social realism : art, nationhood and politics / / by David Forrest Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
Disciplina: 243
Soggetto topico: Social realism - Great Britain
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a radical reappraisal of one of the most persistent and misunderstood aspects of British cinema: social realism. - - Through means of close textual analysis, David Forrest advances the case that social realism has provided British national culture with a consistent and distinctive art cinema, arguing that a theoretical re-assessment of the mode can enable it to be located within the context of broader traditions of global cinema. - - The book begins with the documentary movement and British wartime cinema, before moving to the British new wave and social problem cycle; the films of Ken Loach; the films of Mike Leigh; realism in the 1980's, specifically the work of Stephen Frears and Alan Clarke; before concluding with a discussion of contemporary realist cinema, specifically the work of Shane Meadows, Andrea Arnold and other recent exponents of the mode. These case studies give a thorough platform to explore the most prominent and diverse examples of realist practice in Britain over the last 80 years. The construction and critical analysis of this social realist canona creates the conditions to reassess and look anew at this most British of cinematic traditions. - -
Titolo autorizzato: Social realism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4438-5306-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790536503321
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