This is a greatly expanded new edition of the well-received survey of British cinema. In addition to twenty-four original chapters there are twelve new contributions. The new chapters greatly extend the coverage of the book, making it the most comprehensive overview of the major topics in British cinema available.The new edition appears in a larger format. First published in 1997 and reprinted twice, The British Cinema Book is the most comprehensive overview of the major topics in British Cinema. Representing the progress made in exploring the history of British Cinema, this book provides a definitive account of a dynamic and rapidly growing area in film studies. Topics covered include British silent cinema in the 1920s, the British studio system, low-budget British films in the 1930s, the British documentary film Movement, male stars and masculinity, women and sixties cinema, melodrama and femininity in World War Two, British Film Censorship, British cinema and Black representation, Celtic traditions in British cinema, the British horror film, the British comedy, British art cinema, avant garde trajectories, and the revival of the British gangster film.
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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction Part One: Early British Cinema: Assessments Part Two: Early British Cinema: Genres and Traditions Part Three: British Cinema from the Second World War to the 60s: Assessments Part Four: British Cinema from the Second World War to the 60s: Genres and Traditions Part Five: What is British Cinema?: Identities and Contexts Part Six: What is British Cinema? From Popular Cinema to the Avant-Garde Part Seven: Contemporary British Cinema Conclusion, Robert Murphy
Murphy, Robert
<b>Robert Murphy</b> teaches at De Montfort University. He is author of Realism and Tinsel (Routledge, 1989), Sixties British Cinema (BFI, 1992) and Smash and Grab (Faber and Faber, 1993).
