Dear Colleagues,
New book announcement:
Film, Drama and the Break-Up of Britain
By Steve Blandford
Intellect Books
ISBN 9781841501505, Paperback
Price £19.95, $40.00
Film, Drama and the Break-Up of Britain engages with ideas
that are highly topical such as: nationalism, nationhood
and national identity, and examines the relationship of
these to post-colonialism in the context of a radically
changing Britain since devolution. It does so through a
wide ranging examination of film and theatre in England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the decade since the election
of a Labour government in 1997, a time when not only
devolution itself, but a wide range of powerful influences
were re-constructing our sense of national identity.
Breaking down what have been traditional barriers between
theatre and film studies, the book considers the very broad
range of ways in which the creators of dramatic fictions are
telling us stories about ourselves at a time when the idea of
being British is increasingly problematic. A very wide variety
of material is examined ranging from high profile cinematic
events such as The Full Monty, Trainspotting and Human
Traffic, to theatre and performance practices across the UK
that deliberately avoid conventional venues.
Steve Blandford is Professor of Theatre and Media and
Associate Dean of the Cardiff School of Creative and
Cultural Industries at the University of Glamorgan.
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