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The British Working Class in Postwar Film
ISBN: 9780719062582
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Discussing well-known films and forgotten ones which deserve reassessment, this text uses a sociological model to examine how working class people are portrayed in British feature films from the decade after World War II. It uses original statistical data to assess films' popularity with audiences. More
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Discussing well-known films and forgotten ones which deserve reassessment, this text uses a sociological model to examine how working class people are portrayed in British feature films from the decade after World War II. It introduces media and film students to the skills of other disciplines, while encouraging historians and sociologists to consider the value of film evidence for their own disciplines. The book is extensively referenced, using original statistical data to assess the popularity of the films with their contemporary audiences.
