Food Companions

Cinema and Consumption in Wartime Britain, 1939–45

AvRichard Farmer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Del i serien Studies in Popular Culture

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Beskrivning

The introduction of rationing in January 1940 ensured that food became a central concern for the British people during the Second World War. The food companions investigates the cinema of this period and demonstrates the cultural impact that rationing and food control had on both government propaganda and commercial feature films.Combining archival research, detailed film analysis, and the extensive use of contemporary documents and resources, this book is the first to fully address the extensive propaganda work of the Ministry of Food both inside and outside the cinema. It also explores the tensions contained in images of communal dining, investigating the role that food played in Gainsborough’s narratives of excess and identifying and analysing a cycle of black-market feature films. Lively and illuminating, The food companions will be welcomed by film scholars, historians, students, and anyone who has ever wondered about the important contribution that tea made during the war to shaping ideas of Britishness.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-08-31
Mått:156 x 234 x 26 mm
Vikt:578 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Popular Culture
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9780719083136

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Richard Farmer is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Film Studies at University College London.

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The Food Companions is an outstanding book. It provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging account of food and consumption habits in British society during a time of national crisis. Thoroughly researched, elegantly written, attractively illustrated, and frequently humorous, the book should appeal to scholars interested in cultural, film and social history.

Innehållsförteckning

List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsNote on sourcesList of abbreviationsIntroduction: This is a film about food!1. Not so quiet on the kitchen front: Ministry of Food publicity in the Second World War2. Food flash! Ministry of Food short film publicity3. Laying a table for a family of forty-five million: Celebrating and contesting communal consumption4. The rat in England’s storehouse: The black market in wartime cinema5. The honourable company of tea drinkers: Using food to position Britain, her allies and her enemiesConclusionAppendix: List of food flash filmsFilmographyBibliographyIndex