TY - BOOK AU - Havardi,Jeremy TI - Projecting Britain at war: the national character in British World War II films SN - 9781476604398 AV - PN1995 .P765 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers KW - War films KW - Great Britain KW - History and criticism KW - National characteristics, British, in motion pictures KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - "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"-- UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=705911&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -