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Hybrid heritage on screen : the 'Raj revival' in the Thatcher era / Elena Oliete-Aldea.
- Title
- Hybrid heritage on screen : the 'Raj revival' in the Thatcher era / Elena Oliete-Aldea.
- Author
- Oliete-Aldea, Elena, 1978-
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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- Description
- ix, 227 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Conflicts in terms of cultural and ethnic identities characterise the increasingly multi-cultural and globalised societies of our time. In Great Britain, the 'Thatcher decade' marked a watershed in British society, bringing about important changes in the political, economic, social and cultural reality of the country. Integrating a methodical textual analysis within a comprehensive cultural approach, Elena Oliete-Aldea offers a vibrant study of the hybridity, fluidity and contingency of identity construction in Britain and explores how contested power relations constantly intertwine discourses of gender, class and ethnicity. Hybrid Heritage on Screen examines how the so-called 'Raj Revival' cinematic productions of the 1980s disclose the contradictions, fractures and inconsistencies of the Thatcher era. Due to its dynamic interdisciplinary approach, the book is an invaluable study for film and cultural studies scholars and students, as well as filmgoers interested in cinema as a social, historical and cultural product.
- Subject
- 1900 - 1999
- Motion pictures > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Motion pictures > Political aspects > Great Britain
- PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
- PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
- Motion pictures
- Motion pictures > Political aspects
- PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
- India > In motion pictures
- Great Britain
- India
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. The Porosity of Identity Boundaries -- 2. Britain in the 1980s: The Thatcher Decade -- 3. British Cinema and the Raj Revival -- 4. 'On Heroes': Bapu Goes West -- 5. History in Literary Adaptations -- 6. The Raj on TV -- Conclusion: Cohabiting In Hybridity? -- Appendix. Selected Filmography.
- ISBN
- 9781137463968 (hardback)
- 1137463961 (hardback)
- LCCN
- ^^2015013127
- OCLC
- 906798419
- SCSB-12464209
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library