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British social realism : from documentary to Brit-grit / Samantha Lay.
- Title
- British social realism : from documentary to Brit-grit / Samantha Lay.
- Author
- Lay, Samantha.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Wallflower, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PN1995.9.D6 L39 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 134 p. : ill.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- 'British Social Realism' details and explores the rich tradition of social realism in British cinema from its beginnings in the documentary movement of the 1930s to its more stylistically eclectic and generically hybrid contemporary forms.
- Series Statement
- Short cuts ; 15
- Uniform Title
- Short cuts (London, England) 15.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Filmography: p. 127-129.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. social realism in the british context -- 2. critics, audiences, quality -- 3. the documentary movement and social realism -- 4. 1950s and 1960s: social problems and kitchen sinks -- 5. 1970s and 1980s: towards a social art cinema -- 6. 1990s and beyond: contemporary social realism -- conclusion.
- ISBN
- 1903364418
- OCLC
- 49594941
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library