Propaganda, Politics and Film, 1918–45
Author: D W Springd
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1982-07-08
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1349058939
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Imperialism and Popular Culture
Author: John M. MacKenzie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780719018688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPopular culture is invariably a vehicle for the dominant ideas of its age. Never was this more true than in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when it reflected the nationalist and imperialist ideologies current throughout Europe. When they were being entertained or educated the British basked in their imperial glory and developed a powerful notion of their own superiority. This book examines the various media through which nationalist ideas were conveyed in late Victorian and Edwardian times--in the theatre, "ethnic" shows, juvenile literature, education, and the iconography of popular art. Several chapters look beyond the first world war when the most popular media, cinema and broadcasting, continued to convey an essentially late nineteenth-century world view, while government agencies like the Empire Marketing Board sought to convince the public of the economic value of empire. Youth organizations, which had propagated imperialist and militarist attitudes before the war, struggled to adapt to the new internationalist climate.
Media and Society into the 21st Century
Author: Lyn Gorman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-02-17
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1405149353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedia and Society into the 21st Century captures the breathtaking revolutionary sweep of mass media from the late 19th century to the present day. Updated and expanded new edition including coverage of recent media developments and the continued impact of technological change Newly reworked chapters on media, war, international relations, and new media A new "Web 2.0" section explores the role of blogging, social networking, user-generated content, and search media in media landscape
Mobilizing Music in Wartime British Film
Author: Heather Wiebe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2024-10-11
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0197631711
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British War Films, 1939-1945
Author: S. P. MacKenzie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2001-02-01
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0826446442
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe cinema was the most popular form of entertainment during the Second World War. Film was a critically important medium for influencing opinion. Films, such as In Which We Serve and One of Our Aircraft is Missing, shaped the British people's perceptions of the conflict. British War Films, 1939-1945 is an account of the feature films produced during the war, rather than government documentaries and official propaganda, making the book an important index of British morale and values at a time of desperate national crisis.
Reporting the Raj
Author: Chandrika Kaul
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2017-03-01
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1526119765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the first analysis of the dynamics of British press reporting of India and the attempts made by the British Government to manipulate press coverage as part of a strategy of imperial control. The press was an important forum for debate over the future of India and was used by significant groups within the political elite to advance their agendas. Focuses on a period which represented a critical transitional phase in the history of the Raj, witnessing the impact of the First World War, major constitutional reform initiatives, the tragedy of the Amritsar massacre, and the launching of Gandhi’s mass movement. Asserts that the War was a watershed in official media manipulation and in the aftermath of the conflict the Government’s previously informal and ad hoc attempts to shape press reporting were placed on a more formal basis.
Film Study
Author: Frank Manchel
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 988
ISBN-13: 9780838631867
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe four volumes of Film Study include a fresh approach to each of the basic categories in the original edition. Volume one examines the film as film; volume two focuses on the thematic approach to film; volume three draws on the history of film; and volume four contains extensive appendices listing film distributors, sources, and historical information as well as an index of authors, titles, and film personalities.
A New History of British Documentary
Author: J. Chapman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-03-11
Total Pages: 531
ISBN-13: 0230392873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA New History of British Documentary is the first comprehensive overview of documentary production in Britain from early film to the present day. It covers both the film and television industries and demonstrates how documentary practice has adapted to changing institutional and ideological contexts.
Projecting Britain at War
Author: Jeremy Havardi
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-02-28
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1476604398
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis detailed chronological analysis of British World War II movies from 1939 until the present explores how films projected recognizable stereotypes of British national character and how the times in which a film was made shaped its perspectives. Several chapters look at films made during and immediately after the war. In depictions of the Home Front, characters display resolve as well as emotional restraint and present an image of an undivided society cooperating to fight evil. By contrast, duty and service are the paramount virtues of combat films while spy melodramas exemplify the British love of improvisation. Fifties war films are examined against the backdrop of alarm and uncertainty caused by the Cold War. Such films reflect traditional national character stereotypes, though the stiff upper lip begins to be questioned by the end of the decade. The book then traces the radical effect of the 1960s revolution, revealing how the fondness for skeptical antiwar movies went hand in hand with the questioning of Britain's place in the world. The book ends by looking at recent war films and asks whether these reflect the cult of narcissism so prevalent in modern Britain.
Conservatism for the democratic age
Author: David Thackeray
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2016-05-16
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1526110768
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a new interpretation of the Conservative party’s revival and adaptation to democratic politics in the early twentieth century. We cannot appreciate the Conservatives’ unique success in British politics without exploring the dramatic cultural transformation which occurred within the party during the early decades of the century. This was a seminal period in which key features of the modern Conservative party emerged: a mass women’s organisation, a focus on addressing the voter as a consumer, targeted electioneering strategies, and the use of modern media to speak to a mass audience. This book provides the first substantial attempt to assess the Conservatives’ adaptation to democracy across the early twentieth century from a cultural perspective and will appeal to academics and students with an interest in the history of political communication, gender and class in modern Britain.
