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The most universal civilian privation in World War II Britain, the blackout possessed many symbolic meanings. Among its complicated implications for filmmakers was a stigmatization of film spectacle--including the display of "Hollywood women," whose extravagant appearance connoted at best unpatriotic wastefulness and at worst collaboration with the



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*INTRODUCTION: Cinema in Extremis, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. Projecting National Identity, pg. 19*CHAPTER 2. The Mobile Woman: Femininity in Wartime Cinema, pg. 59*CHAPTER 3. The Blackout, pg. 114*CHAPTER 4. Processing History: The Timing of a Brief Encounter, pg. 153*CONCLUSION. From Mufti to Civvies: A Canterbury Tale, pg. 197*APPENDIX I. Bogart or Bacon: The British Film Industry during World War II, pg. 221*APPENDIX II. British Box Office Information, 1940-1950, pg. 231*SELECT FILMOGRAPHY, pg. 235*SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 243*INDEX, pg. 253

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691600598, 978-0691600598
      ISBN10: 0691600597

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The most universal civilian privation in World War II Britain, the blackout possessed many symbolic meanings. Among its complicated implications for filmmakers was a stigmatization of film spectacle--including the display of "Hollywood women," whose extravagant appearance connoted at best unpatriotic wastefulness and at worst collaboration with the



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*INTRODUCTION: Cinema in Extremis, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. Projecting National Identity, pg. 19*CHAPTER 2. The Mobile Woman: Femininity in Wartime Cinema, pg. 59*CHAPTER 3. The Blackout, pg. 114*CHAPTER 4. Processing History: The Timing of a Brief Encounter, pg. 153*CONCLUSION. From Mufti to Civvies: A Canterbury Tale, pg. 197*APPENDIX I. Bogart or Bacon: The British Film Industry during World War II, pg. 221*APPENDIX II. British Box Office Information, 1940-1950, pg. 231*SELECT FILMOGRAPHY, pg. 235*SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 243*INDEX, pg. 253

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