Physical Description
xvi, 391 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
pt. 1. The cinema of Empire. 1. Towards a deifinition of the cinema of Empire
2. The idology of Empire
3. Literature of Empire
4. Myths and myth-figures
5. The old school tie
6. The imperial archetype
7. The importance of being English
8. The white man's burden
9. The gods of Empire
10. Officers and other ranks
11. The naval tradition
12. East is East and West is West
13.
and never the twain shall meet
pt. 2. The cinema of populism. 15. Frank Capra: the classic populist
16. Leo McCarey: the fantasy of goodwill
17. John Ford: the folk memory
pt. 3. The cinema of national socialism. 18. The ideology of national socialism
19. Leni Riefenstahl: the documentary and myth
20. Nazi feature films: themes and archetypes: 1. The leader and his followers
21. Nazi feature films: themes and archetypes: 2. Discipline, comradeship and Fatherland
22. The eternal Jew and perfidious Albion.
ISBN
0710075766
9780710075765
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-380) and indexes.
pt. 1. The cinema of Empire. 1. Towards a deifinition of the cinema of Empire -- 2. The idology of Empire -- 3. Literature of Empire -- 4. Myths and myth-figures -- 5. The old school tie -- 6. The imperial archetype -- 7. The importance of being English -- 8. The white man's burden -- 9. The gods of Empire -- 10. Officers and other ranks -- 11. The naval tradition -- 12. East is East and West is West-- -- 13. --and never the twain shall meet -- pt. 2. The cinema of populism. 15. Frank Capra: the classic populist -- 16. Leo McCarey: the fantasy of goodwill -- 17. John Ford: the folk memory -- pt. 3. The cinema of national socialism. 18. The ideology of national socialism -- 19. Leni Riefenstahl: the documentary and myth -- 20. Nazi feature films: themes and archetypes: 1. The leader and his followers -- 21. Nazi feature films: themes and archetypes: 2. Discipline, comradeship and Fatherland -- 22. The eternal Jew and perfidious Albion.
