Fires Were Started: British Cinema and Thatcherism

by Lester D. Friedman

Book Overview

Fires Were Started is a provocative analysis of the responses of British film to the policies and political ideology of the Conservative governments of Margaret Thatcher and it represents an original and stimulating contribution to our knowledge of British cinema. This second edition includes revised and updated contributions from some of the leading scholars of British cinema, including Thomas Elsaesser, Peter Wollen and Manthia Diawara. The book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904764711
• ISBN13: 9781904764717
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"