Eccentric Laughter - Queer Possibilities in Postwar British Film Comedy

Dispels the idea that postwar British comedies were apolitical, arguing instead that they presented subversive, iconoclastic, queer experiments in living for a country that was rebuilding and reimagining itself after years of conflict.

About the author

Benedict Morrison is Senior Lecturer in Literature and Film at the University of Exeter. He is the author of Complicating Articulation in Art Cinema.

Product details

• Authors: Benedict Morrison
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2025
• EAN: 9798855800029
• ISBN: 979-8-8558-0002-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Weight: 386 g
• Illustrations: 27 b&w photos, schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Series: SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Media Studies, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Comedy, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Gay & Lesbian studies, Film: styles & genres, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Film Theory & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, Film history, theory or criticism, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics