Screening the Hollywood Rebels in 1950s Britain

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de Anna Ariadne Knight

Type

Etudes

Sujet

Sociologie

Mots Clés

Grande-Bretagne, sociologie, années 50

Année d'édition

2021

Editeur

Manchester University Press

Langue

anglais

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Format

Relié • 272 pages
15 x 23,5 cm

ISBN

978-1-5261-5448-4

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Description de l'ouvrage :
This book examines issues of censorship, publicity and teenage fandom in 1950s Britain surrounding a series of controversial Hollywood films: The Wild One, Blackboard Jungle, Rebel Without a Cause, Rock Around the Clock and Jailhouse Rock. It also explores British cinema's commentary on juvenile delinquency through a re-examination of such British films as The Blue Lamp, Spare the Rod and Serious Charge. Taking a multi-dimensional approach, the book intersects with star studies and social history while reappraising the stardom of Marlon Brando, James Dean and Elvis Presley. By looking at the specific meanings, pleasures and uses British fans derived from these films, it provides a logical and sustained narrative for how Hollywood star images fed into and disrupted British cultural life during a period of unprecedented teenage consumerism.

À propos de l'auteur :
Anna Ariadne Knight currently teaches history and film at Queen Mary University of London

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