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The Carry On Films
Steven Gerrard
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Description for The Carry On Films
Hardback. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Saucy, rude and vulgar-the 31 Carry On films remain an important part of the history of British cinematic and low brow comedy. In this book, Gerrard discusses the Carry On roots in the music halls of the Victorians and the saucy seaside postcards of Donald McGill. Made in post-war Britain, these films reflect a remarkable period of social change as the British Empire faded and a nation learned to laugh at itself. Nothing was sacred to the Carry On team. James Bond and Cleopatra were mercilessly lampooned, Miss World competitions and toilet factories came in for a cinematic pasting, while ... Read more
Saucy, rude and vulgar-the 31 Carry On films remain an important part of the history of British cinematic and low brow comedy. In this book, Gerrard discusses the Carry On roots in the music halls of the Victorians and the saucy seaside postcards of Donald McGill. Made in post-war Britain, these films reflect a remarkable period of social change as the British Empire faded and a nation learned to laugh at itself. Nothing was sacred to the Carry On team. James Bond and Cleopatra were mercilessly lampooned, Miss World competitions and toilet factories came in for a cinematic pasting, while ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137520043
SKU
V9781137520043
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Ref
99-15
About Steven Gerrard
Dr Steven Gerrard is Lecturer of Film, Media and Visual Culture at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He has written for The Dark Side Magazine, Culture Unbound: The Journal of Current Cultural Research, We Belong Dead Publications, and his work on the Carry On films has appeared as chapters in edited collections. He loves science fiction and horror ... Read more
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