Cinema Memories

Name: Cinema Memories
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd
SKU: 9781839025297
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A People's History of Cinema-going in 1960s Britain

By Matthew Jones and Melvyn Stokes and Emma Pett

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Cinema Memories compiles and analyses almost a thousand recollections of cinema-going in 1960s Britain, a decade marked by iconic films such as A Taste of Honey, The Sound of Music, and Bonnie and Clyde. Through first-hand accounts, the authors examine how audiences interpreted films within their social and cultural contexts, shedding new light on the cultural memory of the Sixties and its impact on British society and film history.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in social and cultural history, film studies, and memory research, particularly those seeking insight into 1960s Britain and its cinematic landscape.

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Cinema Memories brings together and analyses the memories of almost a thousand people of going to the cinema in Britain during the 1960s. It offers a fresh perspective on the social, cultural and film history of what has come to be seen as an iconic decade, with the release of films such as A Taste of Honey, The Sound of Music, Darling, Blow-Up, Alfie, The Graduate, and Bonnie and Clyde.

Drawing on first-hand accounts, authors Melvyn Stokes, Matthew Jones and Emma Pett explore how cinema-goers constructed meanings from the films they watched. This occurred through a complex process of negotiation between the films concerned, their own social and cultural identities, and their awareness of changes in British society. Their analysis helps the reader see what light the cultural memory of 1960s cinema-going sheds on how the Sixties in Britain is remembered and interpreted.

Positioning their study within debates about memory, 1960s cinema, and the seemingly transformative nature of this decade of British history, the authors reflect on the methodologies deployed, the use of memories as historical sources, and the various ways in which cinema and cinema-going came to mean something to their audiences.

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Cinema Retro Magazine praises the book as a powerful reminder of the significance of cinema in the 1960s, evoking nostalgia and offering a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era. Richard Maltby from Flinders University highlights the book's vivid contribution to social history and memory studies. Jeffrey Klenotic from the University of New Hampshire commends its innovative approach connecting cinema history with cultural and people’s history.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839025297

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: BFI Publishing

Illustration: 10 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 543g

Pages: 256

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Education & Reference Emma Pett Matthew Jones Melvyn Stokes Non-Fiction

About the Author

Melvyn Stokes is Professor of Film History at University College London, UK. He is the author and editor of books including Charlot: How the French Discovered, Wrote About, Defended and Resurrected Charlie Chaplin (Oxford University Press, 2018); Cinéma et mémoire dans le cinéma Anglophone/Memory in-of English-speaking Cinema, ed. (with Z. Saleh) (Michel Houdiard, 2014); American History through Hollywood Film (Bloomsbury, December 2013); Gilda (BFI Film Classics, 2010); Cinéma et histoire/Cinema and History, ed. (with G. Menegaldo) (Michel Houdiard, 2008); D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation”: A History of “the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time” (Oxford University Press, 2007); Going to the Movies: Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema, ed. (with R. Maltby and R. C. Allen) (University of Exeter Press, 2007); and Hollywood Abroad: Audiences and Cultural Exchange, ed. (with R. Maltby) (British Film Institute, 2004).

Matthew Jones is Senior Lecturer in Cinema and Television History, De Montfort University, UK. He is the author of Science Fiction Cinema and 1950s Britain (Bloomsbury, 2017).

Emma Pett is Lecturer in Film Consumption at the University of East Anglia, UK. She has published articles in journals including The Journal of British Cinema and Television and in edited books.

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