Description
Book SynopsisBritish Films of the 1970s offers highly detailed and insightful critical analysis of a range of individual films of the period. This analysis draws upon an innovative range of critical methodologies which place the film texts within a rich variety of historical contexts.
Trade ReviewNewland’s current work is a valuable contribution to this corpus, with one of its principal attractions being the detailed picture that emerges of a varied and eclectic film culture characterised by contradictory and permeable notions of Britishness. -- .
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1 Equality or bust: sexual politics
Chapter 2 On the road: British journeys
Chapter 3 The songs remain the same: pop, rock and war children
Chapter 4 Immigrant songs: racial politics
Chapter 5 In memoriam: the past in the present/the present in the past
Chapter 6 Rural rides: the countryside and modernity
Chapter 7 Close to the edge: peripheral Britain
Chapter 8 Old cities, new towns: criminality and cruelty
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