Projecting Britain at war : the national character in British World War II films /
Havardi, Jeremy.
Projecting Britain at war : the national character in British World War II films / Jeremy Havardi. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Our obsession with 1940 -- The development of the English national character -- Projecting Britain in the early documentaries -- The home front: muddling through with a stiff upper lip -- Service films: the triumph of duty -- Cloak and dagger: the triumph of the amateur -- Heroic johnny foreigner: resistance and the triumph of the underdog -- History and heritage as propaganda -- The postwar interlude: war films 1945/1950 -- Obsessive nostalgia: the British war films of the 1950s -- The critique of deference in the aftermath of Suez -- How we lost the war: anti-heroism and the new wave -- The triumph of narcissism: British war films from the 1980s and beyond -- Conclusion -- Chronological list of films covered.
"This detailed chronological analysis of British World War II movies from 1939 until the present explores how recognizable stereotypes of British national character were projected and how the times in which a film was made shaped its perceptions"--
9781476604398
War films--History and criticism.--Great Britain
National characteristics, British, in motion pictures.
Electronic Books.
PN1995 / .P765 2014
Projecting Britain at war : the national character in British World War II films / Jeremy Havardi. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Our obsession with 1940 -- The development of the English national character -- Projecting Britain in the early documentaries -- The home front: muddling through with a stiff upper lip -- Service films: the triumph of duty -- Cloak and dagger: the triumph of the amateur -- Heroic johnny foreigner: resistance and the triumph of the underdog -- History and heritage as propaganda -- The postwar interlude: war films 1945/1950 -- Obsessive nostalgia: the British war films of the 1950s -- The critique of deference in the aftermath of Suez -- How we lost the war: anti-heroism and the new wave -- The triumph of narcissism: British war films from the 1980s and beyond -- Conclusion -- Chronological list of films covered.
"This detailed chronological analysis of British World War II movies from 1939 until the present explores how recognizable stereotypes of British national character were projected and how the times in which a film was made shaped its perceptions"--
9781476604398
War films--History and criticism.--Great Britain
National characteristics, British, in motion pictures.
Electronic Books.
PN1995 / .P765 2014