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Off to the pictures cinema-going, women's writing and movie culture in interwar Britain

Title
Off to the pictures [electronic resource] : cinema-going, women's writing and movie culture in interwar Britain / Lisa Stead.
Author
Stead, Lisa.
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

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Description
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
This volume offers an exploration of interwar women's fictions and their complex intersections with cinema. Interrogating a range of writings, from newspapers and magazines to middlebrow and modernist fictions, the book takes the reader through the diverse print and storytelling media that women constructed around interwar film-going, arguing that literary forms came to constitute an intermedial gendered cinema culture at this time. Using detailed case studies, this book draws upon new archival research, industrial analysis and close textual readings to consider cinema's place in the fictions and critical writings of major literary figures such as Winifred Holtby, Stella Gibbons, Elizabeth Bowen, Jean Rhys, Elinor Glyn, C. A. Lejeune and Iris Barry. Through the lens of feminist film historiography, Off to the Pictures presents a bold new view of interwar cinema culture, read through the creative reflections of the women who experienced it.
Uniform Title
Off to the pictures (Online)
Alternative Title
Off to the pictures (Online)
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Motion pictures and women > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Motion pictures > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Feminism and motion pictures > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Motion pictures in literature
  • English prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism. > 20th century
  • Women > Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
LCCN
2016479254
OCLC
ssj0001959002
Author
Stead, Lisa.
Title
Off to the pictures [electronic resource] : cinema-going, women's writing and movie culture in interwar Britain / Lisa Stead.
Imprint
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Chronological Term
1900-1999
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