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A special relationship : the British Empire in British and American cinema, 1930-1960

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Johnstone, Sara R. (2013) A special relationship : the British Empire in British and American cinema, 1930-1960. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This project sets out to scrutinize three decades of feature length fiction films about
the British Empire produced by American and British filmmakers beginning in the
1930s through to the end of the 1950s. It compares British and American film in these
three decades because such a comparative study has yet to be done and situating such
a study within the changing historical contexts is important to chart shifting patterns
in filmmaking in these two cultures. Focusing on film narratives that favour sites of
modern colonial conflict as setting, namely India, the African colonies and Ireland,
the project will chart how American and British filmmakers started from significantly
different positions regarding the British imperial project but came to share increasing
homogeneity of approach during and after the Second World War. This thesis shows
that the relationship of American and British filmmakers to the British Empire
changed dramatically after the Second World War and followed political
developments. The new special relationship which grew strong after the war had far
reaching consequences to the colonial and former colonial nations: the way in which
American and British filmmakers portrayed this transition has important implications
within film history.

Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Imperialism in motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- History, Motion pictures -- United States -- History
Official Date: April 2013
Institution: University of Warwick
Theses Department: Department of Film and Television Studies
Thesis Type: PhD
Publication Status: Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: Burrows, Jon
Extent: vii, 277 leaves : illustrations
Language: eng

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