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Melodrama, Self and Nation in Post-War British Popular Film (Paperback)
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Melodrama, Self and Nation in Post-War British Popular Film (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies
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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.
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