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BL
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1003021
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b757391
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| Main Entry
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Geraghty, Christine.
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| Title & Author
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British cinema in the fifties : : gender, genre and the 'new look' /\ Christine Geraghty.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2000.
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| Series Statement
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Communication and society
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203135725
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: 0203190408
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: 9780203135723
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: 9780203190408
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: 9780415171571
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: 9780415171588
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: 9781134694600
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: 9781134694648
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: 9781134694655
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0415171571
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041517158X
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; The experience of picturegoing: cinema as a social space; Modernity, the modern and fifties Britain; Rural rebels and the landscape of opposition; Resisting modernity: comedies of bureaucracy and expertise; The post-war settlement and women's choices: melodrama and realism in Ealing drama; European relations: sex, politics and the European woman; The Commonwealth film and the liberal dilemma; Reconstituting the family: 'It's for the children that I'm worried'
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| Abstract
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In British Cinema in the Fifties, Geraghty examines some of the most popular films of this period, exploring the ways in which they reworked contemporary social issues and themes such as national identity.
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Motion pictures-- Social aspects-- Great Britain.
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Motion pictures-- Great Britain-- History.
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Motion pictures-- Social aspects.
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Motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Film Video-- Reference.
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Films.
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Sociale aspecten.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/0941/09045
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| LC Classification
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PN1993.5.G7G47 2000eb
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| NLM classification
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24.32bcl
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