The British horseracing film : representations of the "sport of kings" in British cinema
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The British horseracing film : representations of the "sport of kings" in British cinema
（Palgrave pivot）
Palgrave Macmillan, c2019
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Horseracing filmography: p. 143-148
Bibliography: p. 149-154
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of horseracing in British cinema. Through comprehensive contextual histories of film production and reception, together with detailed textual analysis, this book explores the aesthetic and emotive power of the enduringly popular horseracing genre, its ideologically-inflected landscape and the ways in which horse owners and riders, bookmakers and punters have been represented on British screen. The films discussed span from the 1890s to the present day and include silent shorts, quota quickies and big-budget biopics. A work of social and film history, The British Horseracing Film demonstrates how the so-called "sport of kings" functions as an accessible institutional structure through which to explore cinematic discussions about the British nation-but also, and equally, national approaches to British cinema.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. The Silent Age - 1896-1926.- 3. The Golden Age - 1927-39.- 4. The Contemporary Age - 1940-present.- 5. Conclusion.
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