British social realism in the arts since 1940
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British social realism in the arts since 1940
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- : hardback
- : softcover
Available at 3 libraries
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Kobe University General Library / Library for Intercultural Studies
: softcover702-33-T068201900043
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first book of its kind to look across disciplines at this vital aspect of British art, literature and culture. It brings the various intertwined histories of social realism into historical perspective, and argues that this sometimes marginalized genre is still an important reference point for creativity in Britain.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction - 'an anthropology of ourselves' Vs. 'the incomprehensibility of the real': Making the Case for British Social Realism
- D.Tucker Tragedy, Ethics and History in Contemporary British Social Realist Film
- P.Dave Staging the Contemporary: Politics and Practice in Post-War Social Realist Theatre
- S.Lacey Bad Teeth: British Social Realism in Fiction
- R.Mengham 'this / is not a metaphor': The Possibility of Social Realism in British Poetry
- K.Sutherland Re-presenting Reality, Recovering the Social: The Poetics and Politics of Social Realism and Visual Art
- G.Whiteley Small Screens and Big Voices: Televisual Social Realism and the Popular
- D.Rolinson Index
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