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An incidental pleasure of watching a film is what it tells us about the society in which it is made. Using a sociological model this title looks at how working-class people were portrayed in British feature films in the decade after the Second World War.

Table of Contents

1. Exploring a lost cultures
2. who were the workers?
3. the guns fall silent: recollections of war
4. People don't lock their doors: the working-class community
5. Family fortunes: portrayals of the working-class family
6. Going up in the world: goodbye to the working-class
7. The wrong side of the law: who were the criminals?
8. Going to the bad: the treatment of the young offender
9. The Janus faces of the dance hall
10. Echoes of applause: from music hall to cellluloid
11. Think of the kids: the postwar child in films
12. The looking-glass world of the cinema
Index

The British Working Class in Postwar Film

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719062582, 978-0719062582
      ISBN10: 0719062586

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An incidental pleasure of watching a film is what it tells us about the society in which it is made. Using a sociological model this title looks at how working-class people were portrayed in British feature films in the decade after the Second World War.

      Table of Contents

      1. Exploring a lost cultures
      2. who were the workers?
      3. the guns fall silent: recollections of war
      4. People don't lock their doors: the working-class community
      5. Family fortunes: portrayals of the working-class family
      6. Going up in the world: goodbye to the working-class
      7. The wrong side of the law: who were the criminals?
      8. Going to the bad: the treatment of the young offender
      9. The Janus faces of the dance hall
      10. Echoes of applause: from music hall to cellluloid
      11. Think of the kids: the postwar child in films
      12. The looking-glass world of the cinema
      Index

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