The naval war film : genre, history, national cinema /

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Undertaking a coherent and comprehensive consideration of the depiction of naval warfare in the cinema, this book focuses on the examination of the films which seeks to determine whether the distinctive characteristics of naval film narratives justify their categorization as a separate genre or sub-...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rayner, Jonathan (Jonathan R.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1935-2002.
War films > History and criticism.
Naval art and science.
Military Science
Films de guerre > Histoire et critique.
Art et science navals.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
War films.
Kriegsfilm
Marine
Englisches Sprachgebiet
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Anthologies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • British naval films and the documentary feature
  • Post-war British naval films and the service comedy
  • Hollywood and the one-ocean war
  • The submarine war and the submarine film
  • American films of the Cold War
  • 'Damm the photon torpedoes!' Star Trek and the transfiguration of naval history
  • Popularising the navy, rewriting the past : contemporary naval films.

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