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19 produkter
Billy Elliot
E-bok, 2025
204 kr
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Set against the turbulent backdrop of the UK miners'' strike (1984–5), Billy Elliot (2000) follows eleven-year-old Billy as he pursues his dream of becoming a ballet dancer. Hailed for its heartfelt portrayal of working class life and its powerful challenge to gender stereotypes, Stephen Daldry''s …
British Science Fiction Film and Television
Critical Essays
Av Tobias Hochscherf, James Leggott m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
396 kr
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Written by international experts from a range of disciplines, these essays examine the uniquely British contribution to science fiction film and television. Viewing British SF as a cultural phenomenon that challenges straightforward definitions of genre, nationhood, authorship and media, the …
National Health Service on Television
The Picture of Health
Av Katherine Byrne, Julie Anne Taddeo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2585 kr
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This timely volume explores the close relationship television has always had with the National Health Service. Taking a chronological approach to examine the multiple ways in which TV has presented the NHS since the 1950s, the chapters delve into key moments in television history and how they …
Conflicting Masculinities
Men in Television Period Drama
Av Katherine Byrne, Julie Anne Taddeo m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
501 kr
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Never before has period drama offered viewers such an assortment of complex male characters, from transported felons and syphilitic detectives to shell shocked soldiers and gangland criminals. Neo-Victorian Gothic fictions like Penny Dreadful represent masculinity at its darkest, Poldark and …
Upstairs and Downstairs
British Costume Drama Television from The Forsyte Saga to Downton Abbey
Av James Leggott, Julie Anne Taddeo
Inbunden, 2014
1137 kr
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The international success of Downton Abbey has led to a revived interest in period dramas, with older programs like The Forsyte Saga being rediscovered by a new generation of fans whose tastes also include grittier fare like Ripper Street. Though often criticized as a form of escapist, conservative …
Diagnosing History
Medicine in Television Period Drama
Av Katherine Byrne, Julie Anne Taddeo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1308 kr
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This timely collection examines representations of medicine and medical practices in international period drama television. A preoccupation with medical plots and settings can be found across a range of important historical series, including Outlander, Poldark, The Knick, Call the Midwife, La Peste …
Conflicting Masculinities
Men in Television Period Drama
Av Katherine Byrne, Julie Anne Taddeo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1701 kr
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Never before has period drama offered viewers such an assortment of complex male characters, from transported felons and syphilitic detectives to shell shocked soldiers and gangland criminals. Neo-Victorian Gothic fictions like Penny Dreadful represent masculinity at its darkest, Poldark and …
In Fading Light
The Films of the Amber Collective
Inbunden, 2020
2040 kr
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For over five decades, the Newcastle-based Amber Film and Photography Collective has been a critical (if often unheralded) force within British documentary filmmaking, producing a variety of innovative works focused on Left politics and working-class society. Situating their acclaimed output within …
In Fading Light
The Films of the Amber Collective
E-bok, 2020
346 kr
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For over five decades, the Newcastle-based Amber Film and Photography Collective has been a critical (if often unheralded) force within British documentary filmmaking, producing a variety of innovative works focused on working-class society. Situating their acclaimed output within wider social, …
Conflicting Masculinities
Men in Television Period Drama
Av Katherine Byrne, Julie Anne Taddeo m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
579 kr
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Never before has period drama offered viewers such an assortment of complex male characters, from transported felons and syphilitic detectives to shell shocked soldiers and gangland criminals. Neo-Victorian Gothic fictions like Penny Dreadful represent masculinity at its darkest, Poldark and …
Conflicting Masculinities
Men in Television Period Drama
Av Katherine Byrne, Julie Anne Taddeo m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
579 kr
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Never before has period drama offered viewers such an assortment of complex male characters, from transported felons and syphilitic detectives to shell shocked soldiers and gangland criminals. Neo-Victorian Gothic fictions like Penny Dreadful represent masculinity at its darkest, Poldark and …
Billy Elliot
Häftad, 2025
171 kr
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Set against the turbulent backdrop of the UK miners’ strike (1984–5), Billy Elliot (2000) follows eleven-year-old Billy as he pursues his dream of becoming a ballet dancer. Hailed for its heartfelt portrayal of working class life and its powerful challenge to gender stereotypes, Stephen Daldry’s …
Billy Elliot
E-bok, 2025
209 kr
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Set against the turbulent backdrop of the UK miners'' strike (1984–5), Billy Elliot (2000) follows eleven-year-old Billy as he pursues his dream of becoming a ballet dancer. Hailed for its heartfelt portrayal of working class life and its powerful challenge to gender stereotypes, Stephen Daldry''s …
No Known Cure
The Comedy of Chris Morris
Av James Leggott, Jamie Sexton
Häftad, 2013
487 kr
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In the first full-length scholarly book on the comedy of Chris Morris, writers discuss his early DJ career, his pioneering radio satire, his television mockumentary, his experimental black comedy and his more recent move into filmmaking. No Known Cure approaches the work of Chris Morris from a …
No Known Cure
The Comedy of Chris Morris
Av James Leggott, Jamie Sexton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1418 kr
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In the first full-length scholarly book on the comedy of Chris Morris, writers discuss his early DJ career, his pioneering radio satire, his television mockumentary, his experimental black comedy and his more recent move into filmmaking. No Known Cure approaches the work of Chris Morris from a …
North East of England on Film and Television
Inbunden, 2021
1241 kr
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This book analyses the representation of North-East England in film and television. It is a response to the way a number of important British films and programmes—for example, Get Carter (1971), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (1973-74), Our Friends in the North (1996) and Billy Elliot …
North East of England on Film and Television
E-bok, 2021
1634 kr
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This book analyses the representation of North-East England in film and television. It is a response to the way a number of important British films and programmes—for example, Get Carter (1971), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (1973-74), Our Friends in the North (1996) and Billy Elliot …
North East of England on Film and Television
Häftad, 2022
1022 kr
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This book analyses the representation of North-East England in film and television. It is a response to the way a number of important British films and programmes—for example, Get Carter (1971), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (1973-74), Our Friends in the North (1996) and Billy Elliot …
