Britain colonized : Hollywood's appropriation of British literature / by Jennifer M. Jeffers.
Britain colonized : Hollywood's appropriation of British literature / by Jennifer M. Jeffers.
Britain colonized : Hollywood's appropriation of British literature / by Jennifer M. Jeffers.
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N791.436/43
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English
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Physical content
xii, 282 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Context and desire in the colonization of British literature -- 2. Heritage and nostalgia : what remains of The remains of the day -- 3. American cowboy in England : Possession -- 4. Cinema's romance with the colonial : The English patient's "AntiConquest" adventure -- 5. Cool Britannia for sale...
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"Britain Colonized analyzes how and why filmmakers use cliched Hollywood formulas and American cultural standards when adapting British literature. The films discussed in this book are evidence of the way one nation remakes another, often in the image of itself or what it needs to Other to be (as the British Empire once did). Reterritorialization o...
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Britain colonized : Hollywood's appropriation of British literature / by Jennifer M. Jeffers.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.
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N791.436/43
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74VKKRwjVp0d
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9781403972767
1403972761
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791.436
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991021835149702626
