The Great War in Popular British Cinema of the 1920s [electronic resource] : Before Journey's End /
Napper, L.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Machine generated contents note: -- List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Peace Days in Pictureland1. 'In the Midst of Peace we are at War': The Film Trade in 19192. Battle Reconstructions and British Instructional Films3. Remembrance and the Ambivalent Gaze4. 'When the Boys Come Home'BibliographyIndex.
Motion pictures—Great Britain.
Motion pictures—History.
Great Britain—History.
Motion pictures and television.
Communication.
British Cinema and TV.
Film History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Screen Studies.
Media Studies.