Mobilizing music in wartime British film:

In 'Mobilizing Music in Wartime British Film', author Heather Wiebe traces a preoccupation with art music and total war that animated British films of the 1940s. In acclaimed films such as 'The Red Shoes' and 'Brief Encounter' as well as experimental documentaries, colo...

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1. Verfasser: Wiebe, Heather (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2024]
Schriftenreihe:The Oxford music/media series
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Zusammenfassung:In 'Mobilizing Music in Wartime British Film', author Heather Wiebe traces a preoccupation with art music and total war that animated British films of the 1940s. In acclaimed films such as 'The Red Shoes' and 'Brief Encounter' as well as experimental documentaries, colonial propaganda films, and largely forgotten melodramas, music was persistently given a central role in the action. As this book demonstrates, these films were driven by questions around the efficacy of art music, not just in the conventional sense of uplift or morale-building, but as a sonic force acting on bodies, minds, and materials, and as a resource to be mobilized or demobilized. Wiebe explores what these films tell us about the experience of World War Two, but also about more contemporary pressures on the arts to be useful and productive
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 197 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197631751
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197631713.001.0001

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