Author : James D. Stone
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476625565
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Book Synopsis America Through a British Lens by : James D. Stone
Download or read book America Through a British Lens written by James D. Stone and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the British watched their empire crumble and the United States became the dominant world power, many British films warned of the dangers posed by American culture. Americans were frequently portrayed as disconcertingly ambitious, reckless and irreverent. Yet the same films that depicted the U.S. as an agent of chaos also suggested Britons might do well to embrace American-style energy and egalitarianism. Movies like Love Actually, The Quatermass Xperiment, 28 Weeks Later, Local Hero and Alfred Hitchcock’s Secret Agent have delved into the storied “special relationship” between the U.S. and U.K. These films and many more examined in this first book-length study of British movies about America, reveal much about British attitudes regarding power, gender, class, sexuality and emotion.