Britain colonized : Hollywood's appropriation of British literature

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Britain colonized : Hollywood's appropriation of British literature

by Jennifer M. Jeffers

Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index

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This study explores Hollywood's invention of Britain through the adaptation of its literature. Utilizing Derrida's Margins of Philosophy , texts by Gilles Deleuze and his work with Felix Guattari, this text identifies the future of British and Anglophone literary and cultural studies as a group of citations appropriated for American ends.

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Introduction American Cowboy in England: Possession Reterritorialization: The British Come to America Postmodern Nostalgia From Grail to Empire: An American Adventure Cool Britannia Shakespeare's Counterfeit Signature Conclusion Bibliography

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