Cinemas and Cinemagoing in Wartime Britain, 1939–45

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By:

Richard Farmer

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Hardback

Series:

Studies in Popular Culture

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During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak. In this groundbreaking book, Richard Farmer provides a social and cultural history of cinemas and cinemagoing in Britain between 1939 and 1945, and explores the impact that the war had on the places in which British people watched films. Although promising the possibility of escape from the hardships and terrors of wartime life, the cinema was so intimately woven into the fabric of British society that it could not itself escape the war. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, and on the memories of wartime cinemagoers, Cinemagoing in wartime Britain, 1939-45 is the first book to offer an in-depth exploration of the impact that phenomena such as the black out, the blitz, food rationing, evacuation and conscription had on both the exhibition industry and the experiences of the picturegoers themselves. -- .

Author Biography:

Richard Farmer is Research Associate in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of East Anglia -- .

Release date Australia

June 14th, 2016

Author

Richard Farmer

Series

Studies in Popular Culture

Pages

288

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

15 black & white illustrations, 4 maps

Dimensions

156x234x21

ISBN-13

9780719091889

Product ID

25224641

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