Projecting Empire

Imperialism and Popular Cinema

AvJames Chapman,Nicholas J. Cull

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Engelska, 2009

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Popular cinema is saturated with images and narratives of empire. With "Projecting Empire", Chapman and Cull have written the first major study of imperialism and cinema for over thirty years. This welcome text maps the history of empire cinema in both Hollywood and Britain through a serious of case studies of popular films including biopics, adventures, literary adaptations, melodramas, comedies and documentaries, from the 1930s and "The Four Feathers" to the present, with "Indiana Jones" and "Three Kings". The authors consider industry-wide trends and place the films in their wider cultural and historical contexts. Using primary sources that include private papers, they look at the presence of particular auteurs in the cinema of Imperialism, including Korda, Lean, Huston and Attenborough, as well as the actors who brought the stories to life, such as Elizabeth Taylor and George Clooney. At a time when imperialism has a new significance in the world, this book will fulfil the needs of students and interested filmgoers alike.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-06-17
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780857732200
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Utforska kategorier

Film inom Kultur
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

James Chapman is Professor of Film at the University of Leicester. His previous books include 'Licence To Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films' (second edition, 2007) and 'Past and Present: National Identity and the British Historical Film' (2005). Nicholas J. Cull is Professor of Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School for Communications/USC School of International Relations, University of Southern California. His previous books include 'Selling War: The British Propaganda Campaign Against American 'Neutrality' in World War II' (1995) and 'The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945-1989' (2008).

Innehållsförteckning

IllustrationsAbbreviationsChapter 1. Imperialism and Popular Cinema: A SurveyChapter 2. Technicolor Empire: The Four Feathers (1939)Chapter 3. America's Kipling: Gunga Din (1939)Chapter 4. The British Empire at War: Burma Victory (1945)Chapter 5. Facing the Stampede of Decolonization: Elephant Walk (1954)Chapter 6. The Watershed: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Chapter 7. Pursuing Respect: The Naked Prey (1966)Chapter 8. Camping in the Empire: Follow That Camel (1967), Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) and Carry On Up the Jungle (1970)Chapter 9. The Imperial Trap: The Man Who Would Be King (1975)Chapter 10. Calling Dr Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Chapter 11. The Raj Revival: Gandhi (1982)Chapter 12. Imperial Adventure Redux: Three Kings (1999)AfterwordFilmography