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  • Billy Elliot

    by James Leggott ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    **Set against the turbulent backdrop of the UK miners' strike (1984–5),**Billy Elliot (2000) follows eleven-year-old Billy as he pursues his dream of becoming a ballet dancer. Hailed for its heartfelt portrayal of working class life and its powerful challenge to gender stereotypes, Stephen Daldry's film is recognised today as a significant contribution to the tradition of British social-realist ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • The North East of England on Film and Television

    by James Leggott ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book analyses the representation of North-East England in film and television. It is a response to the way a number of important British films and programmes—for example, Get Carter (1971), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (1973-74), Our Friends in the North (1996) and Billy Elliot (2000)—have used this particular setting to explore questions of class, identity and history. It argues for ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Diagnosing history

    Medicine in television period drama

    Edited by Katherine Byrne, Julie Anne Taddeo, James Leggott ...
    This timely collection examines representations of medicine and medical practices in international period drama television. A preoccupation with medical plots and settings can be found across a range of important historical series, including Outlander, Poldark, The Knick, Call the Midwife, La Peste and A Place to Call Home. Such shows offer a critique of medical history while demonstrating how ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • In Fading Light

    The Films of the Amber Collective

    by James Leggott ...
    For over five decades, the Newcastle-based Amber Film and Photography Collective has been a critical (if often unheralded) force within British documentary filmmaking, producing a variety of innovative works focused on working-class society. Situating their acclaimed output within wider social, political, and historical contexts, In Fading Light provides an accessible introduction to Amber’s ... Read more

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  • In Fading Light

    The Films of the Amber Collective

    by James Leggott ...
    For over five decades, the Newcastle-based Amber Film and Photography Collective has been a critical (if often unheralded) force within British documentary filmmaking, producing a variety of innovative works focused on working-class society. Situating their acclaimed output within wider social, political, and historical contexts, In Fading Light provides an accessible introduction to Amber’s ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Conflicting Masculinities

    Men in Television Period Drama

    Edited by Katherine Byrne, Professor Julie Anne Taddeo, James Leggott ...
    Series series Library of Gender and Popular Culture
    Never before has period drama offered viewers such an assortment of complex male characters, from transported felons and syphilitic detectives to shell shocked soldiers and gangland criminals. Neo-Victorian Gothic fictions like Penny Dreadful represent masculinity at its darkest, Poldark and Outlander have refashioned the romantic hero and anti-heritage series like Peaky Blinders portray ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Upstairs and Downstairs

    British Costume Drama Television from The Forsyte Saga to Downton Abbey

    Edited by James Leggott, Julie Anne Taddeo ...
    The international success of Downton Abbey has led to a revived interest in period dramas, with older programs like The Forsyte Saga being rediscovered by a new generation of fans whose tastes also include grittier fare like Ripper Street. Though often criticized as a form of escapist, conservative nostalgia, these shows can also provide a lens to examine the class and gender politics of both the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    Bob Random in Oz

    by James Leggott ...
    Narrated by James Leggott, Robert Adams, Adam Gellibrand, Emily MacBean, Finn Gayton, Sophie Methuen Turner, Bery Parkey, Tommy James Kennedy, Ryan Spencer, Sally Ross0, Des Tarrant1 ...
    Series series Randomverse

    Unabridged

    45 min

    Bob Random, the world's most wanted man, ends up in the magical land of Oz. In order to get home, he's going to need to team-up with unique characters and revelations will shake everyone to their cores. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Directory of World Cinema: Britain

    Edited by Emma Bell, Neil Mitchell ...
    Bringing to mind rockers and royals, Buckingham Palace and the Scottish Highlands, Britain holds a special interest for international audiences who have flocked in recent years to quality exports like Fish Tank, Trainspotting and The King's Speech. A series of essays and articles exploring the definitive films of Great Britain, this addition to Intellect's Directory of World Cinema series turns ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Don't Look Now

    British Cinema in the 1970s

    Edited by Paul Newland ...
    Paul Newland is a lecturer in film studies in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at Aberystwyth University. ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Alan Clarke

    by Dave Rolinson ...
    Series series The Television Series
    The British television director Alan Clarke is primarily associated with the visceral social realism of such works as his banned borstal play Scum, and his study of football hooliganism, The Firm. This book uncovers the full range of his work from the mythic fantasy of Penda’s Fen, to the radical short film on terrorism, Elephant.Dave Rolinson uses original research to examine the development of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture

    Edited by Peter Childs, Michael Storry ...
    Series series Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture
    Boasting more than 970 alphabetically-arranged entries, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture surveys British cultural practices and icons in the latter half of the twentieth century. It examines high and popular culture and encompasses both institutional and alternative aspects of British culture. It provides insight into the whole spectrum of British contemporary life. Topics covered ... Read more

    $76.99 USD