Melodrama, Self and Nation in Post-War British Popular Film

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by Johanna Laitila

Type

Studies

Subject

Countries > Great Britain

Keywords

Great Britain, melodrama, sexuality

Publishing date

2020

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Advances in Film Studies

1st publishing

2018

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 206 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-367-58906-6

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Book Presentation:
This book investigates the portrayal of nationalities and sexualities in British post-Second World War crime film and melodrama. By focussing on these genres, and looking at the concept of melodrama as an analytical tool apt for the analysis of both sexuality and nation, the book offers insight into the desires, fears, and anxieties of post-war culture. The problem of returning to ‘normalcy’ after the war is one of the recurring themes discussed; alienation from society, family, and the self were central issues for both women and men in the post-war years, and the book examines the anxieties surrounding these social changes in the films of the period. In particular, it explores heterosexuality and nationality as some of the most prominent frameworks for the construction of identities in our time, structures that, for all their centrality, are made invisible in our culture.

About the Author:
Johanna Laitila received her PhD at the University of St Andrews School of English, and she has taught Film, Media, and Popular Culture at the University of Dundee.

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