Great War in Popular British Cinema of the 1920s - Before Journey''s End

This book discusses British cinema's representation of the Great War during the 1920s. It argues that popular cinematic representations of the war offered surviving audiences a language through which to interpret their recent experience, and traces the ways in which those interpretations changed during the decade.

List of contents

List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Peace Days in Pictureland 1. 'In the Midst of Peace we are at War': The Film Trade in 1919 2. Battle Reconstructions and British Instructional Films 3. Remembrance and the Ambivalent Gaze 4. 'When the Boys Come Home' Bibliography Index

About the author

Lawrence Napper is Lecturer in the Film Studies department of Kings College London, UK. His previous work includes British Cinema and Middlebrow Culture in the Interwar Years.

Summary

This book discusses British cinema's representation of the Great War during the 1920s. It argues that popular cinematic representations of the war offered surviving audiences a language through which to interpret their recent experience, and traces the ways in which those interpretations changed during the decade.

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“This is a well-written, well-researched book. … Napper’s The Great War in Popular British Cinema of the 1920s: Before Journey’s End is highly recommended for graduate students and professionals in the areas of Film History, Communications and Cultural Studies. It stands on its own as an invitation to reexamine the culture of understanding interpretations of film.” (Erwin F. Erhardt, III, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Issue 2, December, 2016)

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"This is a well-written, well-researched book. ... Napper's The Great War in Popular British Cinema of the 1920s: Before Journey's End is highly recommended for graduate students and professionals in the areas of Film History, Communications and Cultural Studies. It stands on its own as an invitation to reexamine the culture of understanding interpretations of film." (Erwin F. Erhardt, III, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Issue 2, December, 2016)

Product details

• Authors: L Napper, L. Napper, Lawrence Napper
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.2015
• EAN: 9780230371705
• ISBN: 978-0-230-37170-5
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Europäische Geschichte, Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik, B, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Peace, Medienwissenschaften, Media Studies, Language, Performing Arts, European History, reconstruction, Westeuropa, Communication, Knowledge, trade, Film History, auseinandersetzen, Media and Communication, Western Europe, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Motion pictures—Great Britain, British Cinema and TV, Film history, theory & criticism, British Film and TV