{"product_id":"rule-britannia-the-biopic-and-british-national-identity-9781438471129","title":"Rule, Britannia!: The Biopic and British National Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAssesses how cinematic biographies of key figures reflect and shape what it means to be British.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 SAMLA Studies Book Award for Edited Collections presented by the South Atlantic Modern Language Association \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRule, Britannia!\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the British biopic, a genre crucial to understanding how national cinema engages with the collective experience and values of its intended audience. Offering a provocative take on an aspect of filmmaking with profound cultural significance, the volume focuses on how screen biographies of prominent figures in British history and culture can be understood as involved, if unofficially, in the shaping and promotion of an ever-protean national identity. The contributors engage with the vexed concept of British nationality, especially as this sense of collective belonging is problematized by the ethnically oriented alternatives of English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish nations. They explore the critical and historiographical issues raised by the biopic, demonstrating that celebration of conventional virtue is not the genre's only natural subject. Filmic depictions of such personalities as Elizabeth I, Victoria, George VI, Elizabeth II, Margaret Thatcher, Iris Murdoch, and Jack the Ripper are covered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Homer B. Pettey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438471129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHomer B. Pettey \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Film and Comparative Literature at the University of Arizona. His books include \u003ci\u003eFilm Noir\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInternational Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, both coedited with Palmer. \u003cb\u003eR. Barton Palmer \u003c\/b\u003eis Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature and Director of the World Cinema program at Clemson University. His books include \u003ci\u003eInvented Lives, Imagined Communities: The Biopic and American National Identity\u003c\/i\u003e (coedited with William H. Epstein); \u003ci\u003eHitchcock at the Source: The Auteur as Adaptor\u003c\/i\u003e (coedited with David Boyd); and \u003ci\u003eHitchcock's Moral Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e (coedited with Pettey and Steven M. Sanders), all published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44615136247923,"sku":"9781438471129","price":66.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d2d8cdbc-9620-45ba-8fbe-3512b1539b0e.jpg?v=1775149957","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/rule-britannia-the-biopic-and-british-national-identity-9781438471129","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}