Histories on screen : the past and present in Anglo-American cinema and television /: the past and present in Anglo-American cinema and television. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael Dolski, Sam Edwards and Faye Sayer.
• Editors: Dolski, Michael, 1978-; Edwards, Sam, 1981-; Sayer, Faye
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: Thinking about Film and Television -- 1. The Moving Image as Primary Source: Author, Text and Context Michael Dolski, JPAC Central Identification Laboratory, USA -- 2. The Moving Image as A Secondary Source: Truth, Authenticity and Narrative Faye Sayer, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK -- 3. The Moving Image as Memory: Past and Present on Screen Sam Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK -- Part Two: Using Film and Television: Case Studies -- The Lens of History: Race, Class and Gender on Screen: -- 4. CASE STUDY: 'The Way We Are': Class and Britishness on Film Marcus Morris, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK -- 5. CASE STUDY: Were Fires Started? Exploring Gender in British Cinema of the Second World War Corinna Penniston-Bird, Lancaster University, UK -- 6. CASE STUDY: Screening Multicultural Britain: Blair, Britishness and Bend it Like Beckham Sarah Ilot, Teeside University, UK -- 7. CASE STUDY: Mammy, Mandingo, Django and Solomon: A Century of American Slavery in Cinema from Uncle Tom's Cabin to Twelve Years a Slave Lydia Plath, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK -- Reel Life and Real Life: Documenting and Narrating the Past: -- 8. CASE STUDY: The Empire at the Movies: India in Newsreels, c. 1911 to 1947 Tilman Frasch, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK -- 9. CASE STUDY: Truth and the Tudors: Screening and Interpreting the Early Modern Era Jonathan Spangler, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK -- 10. CASE STUDY: Hollywood Musicals Make History Nick Gebhardt, Birmingham City University, UK -- 11. CASE STUDY: 'Moving' Images: Educational Uses of D-Day Imagery Michael Dolski, JPAC Central Identification Laboratory, USA -- Part 3: Making Memory and Identity: The Politics and Purpose of Film and TV -- 12. CASE STUDY: 'We Can Be Heroes': Superhero Films and American National Identity Michael Goodrum, University of Essex, UK -- 13. CASE STUDY: 'We Will Remember Them?': Film, Television, and the First World War in British Memory Sam Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK -- 14. CASE STUDY: Presenting the Past: New Directions in Television History Nicola Bishop, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK -- References -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 791.43/658; British & Irish history; History in motion pictures; History on televison; Motion pictures -- United States; Motion pictures -- Great Britain; Television -- United States; Television -- Great Britain; HISTORY -- General; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; HISTORY -- United States -- General; PERFORMING ARTS / Reference; Film: styles & genres; History: theory & methods; History -- General; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; History -- United States -- General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474217057; 1474217052; 1474217060; 9781474217064
• Related ISBNs: 9781474217040; 1474217044; 9781474217033; 1474217036; 9781474217064
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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