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Blackout: Reinventing Women for Wartime British Cinema
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Blackout: Reinventing Women for Wartime British Cinema
Contributors:
By (Author) Antonia Caroline Lant
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
791.436522
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
280
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Weight:
482g
Description
The most universal civilian privation in World War II Britain, the blackout possessed many symbolic meanings. Among its complicated implications for filmmakers was a stigmatization of film spectacle--including the display of "Hollywood women," whose extravagant appearance connoted at best unpatriotic wastefulness and at worst collaboration with the
