War Representation in British Cinema and Television From Suez to Thatcher, and Beyond /
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| Awdur Corfforaethol: | |
| Crynodeb: | XI, 225 p. 14 illus., 8 illus. in color. text |
| Iaith: | Saesneg |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
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| Rhifyn: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Cyfres: | Britain and the World,
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| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30203-0 |
| Fformat: | Electronig Llyfr |
Tabl Cynhwysion:
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Towards an Alternative Tradition of War Representation
- Chapter 2. “For Christ’s Sake, We’re Surrounded!”: Tragedy, Bleakness, Cynicism and Existentialism in British War Cinema, 1957-1977
- Chapter 3. Comic Alternatives to the “Pleasure Culture of War”
- Chapter 4. On Screen and at Arm’s Length: Social Class and the Simulation of Combat
- Chapter 5. The Bomb and After: Fantasies of Apocalypse and Decline
- Chapter 6. Conclusion: The Legacies of the 1960s and 1970s War Representation, From Thatcher to Brexit.