Spinsters, Widows and Chars : : The Ageing Woman in British Film / / Claire Mortimer.
Establishes the cultural and historical contexts for representations of female ageing in British film since the 1930sExamines issues around ageing femininities using a range of case studies of films and actresses, both known and forgottenEstablishes the case for the importance of the character actre...
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Mortimer, Claire, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Spinsters, Widows and Chars : The Ageing Woman in British Film / Claire Mortimer. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2021 1 online resource (240 p.) : 16 B/W illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Ageing Women and British Cinema -- 2. Immobile Women? Ageing Women and Wartime Cinema -- 3. ‘It ain’t natural her not having a husband’: Spinsters and the Post-war Settlement -- 4. ‘Dangerous and unwholesome’: The Spinster Teacher -- 5. Battleaxes and Chars: Working-Class Matriarchs -- 6. ‘Not having it so good’: Widowhood, Anomalous Ageing and the Welfare State -- 7. ‘Infertile, domestically unnecessary and jealous’: Hags, Witches and the Magic Spinster -- 8. ‘Senior-bait cinema’: Female Ageing in Contemporary British Film -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Establishes the cultural and historical contexts for representations of female ageing in British film since the 1930sExamines issues around ageing femininities using a range of case studies of films and actresses, both known and forgottenEstablishes the case for the importance of the character actress at the heart of the history of British cinemaProvides an overlooked historical context for considering ageing femininities in contemporary filmActresses like Maggie Smith, Cicely Courtneidge and Sybil Thorndike have established the enduring appeal of the ageing actress in British film. Historicising and contextualising this archetypal figure, this book establishes a taxonomy of female ageing in British cinema, from the 1930s to the present day.Arguing that the prevalence of various iterations of the character actress is essential in understanding the nature of British cinema, specifically in how it has developed to define itself against Hollywood, employing archetypes which draw on well-established mythologies regarding ageing femininities. The book centres on the analysis of a broad range of films, such as Blithe Spirit (1945), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1968) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), as well as the work of selected actresses, considering them within the context of the broader historical factors which impacted on ageing femininities, including the Second World War, the post-war settlement, the Welfare State, and the implications for the women’s movement as a whole. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Motion pictures Social aspects Great Britain. Motion pictures Great Britain History. Older people in motion pictures. Women in motion pictures. Film, Media & Cultural Studies. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2021 9783110753790 ZDB-23-DPK Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts, Architecture and Design 2021 English 9783110754032 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English 9783110754001 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 9783110753776 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110780406 print 9781474452823 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474452847 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474452847 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474452847/original |
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Mortimer, Claire, Mortimer, Claire, Spinsters, Widows and Chars : The Ageing Woman in British Film / Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Ageing Women and British Cinema -- 2. Immobile Women? Ageing Women and Wartime Cinema -- 3. ‘It ain’t natural her not having a husband’: Spinsters and the Post-war Settlement -- 4. ‘Dangerous and unwholesome’: The Spinster Teacher -- 5. Battleaxes and Chars: Working-Class Matriarchs -- 6. ‘Not having it so good’: Widowhood, Anomalous Ageing and the Welfare State -- 7. ‘Infertile, domestically unnecessary and jealous’: Hags, Witches and the Magic Spinster -- 8. ‘Senior-bait cinema’: Female Ageing in Contemporary British Film -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Ageing Women and British Cinema -- 2. Immobile Women? Ageing Women and Wartime Cinema -- 3. ‘It ain’t natural her not having a husband’: Spinsters and the Post-war Settlement -- 4. ‘Dangerous and unwholesome’: The Spinster Teacher -- 5. Battleaxes and Chars: Working-Class Matriarchs -- 6. ‘Not having it so good’: Widowhood, Anomalous Ageing and the Welfare State -- 7. ‘Infertile, domestically unnecessary and jealous’: Hags, Witches and the Magic Spinster -- 8. ‘Senior-bait cinema’: Female Ageing in Contemporary British Film -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Ageing Women and British Cinema -- 2. Immobile Women? Ageing Women and Wartime Cinema -- 3. ‘It ain’t natural her not having a husband’: Spinsters and the Post-war Settlement -- 4. ‘Dangerous and unwholesome’: The Spinster Teacher -- 5. Battleaxes and Chars: Working-Class Matriarchs -- 6. ‘Not having it so good’: Widowhood, Anomalous Ageing and the Welfare State -- 7. ‘Infertile, domestically unnecessary and jealous’: Hags, Witches and the Magic Spinster -- 8. ‘Senior-bait cinema’: Female Ageing in Contemporary British Film -- Bibliography -- Index |
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