Jeffrey Richards
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3611685 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jeffrey Richards |
| NOMBRES | Jeffrey |
| APELLIDO | Richards |
| FIRMA | RICHARDS J |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
London calling Italy
During the Second World War the BBC established many of its foreign services.The ambiguity of Radio Londra, as the BBC was known in Italy, is clearly reflected in the broadcasts of the BBC Italian Service. The British station was both the voice of an occupier and a liberator of Italy from Nazi fascism. Despite this, the radio is mainly remembered as the authentic voice of anti-fascism and resistance.By analysing, from a transnational perspective,…
China and the Chinese in Popular Film
There’s a folk memory of China in which numberless yellow hordes pour out of the ‘mysterious East’ to overwhelm the vulnerable West, accompanied by a stereotype of the Chinese as cruel, cunning and depraved. Hollywood films played their part in perpetuating these myths and stereotypes that constituted ‘The Yellow Peril’. Jeffrey Richards examines in detail how and why they did it. He shows how the negative image was embodied in recurrent cinemati…
Women Drinking Out in Britain since the Early Twentieth Century
Leisure, citizenship and working-class men in Britain, 1850–1945
This book analyses the development of male leisure against the changing notions of citizenship which underpinned perceptions of British society during the period 1850-1945. It opens with an examination of the 'leisure' problem of the middle decades of the nineteenth century. After the defeat of Chartism and associated challenges to the employers' right to organise the workplace, factory owners, the clergy and philanthropists established schemes o…
Diana, The Making of a Media Saint
Diana, Princess of Wales, was no saint in the conventional Christian sense. Yet her status as an icon since her death is unequalled in British popular culture and images of her resonate beatitude. In this work, cultural critics discuss the myth of Diana - her work, her appeal, and her iconicity for scholars and general readers alike. They consider the Diana phenomenon as a symptom of the modern approach to religion, review television and cinema's…
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Diana, The Making of a Media Saint
Diana, Princess of Wales, was no saint in the conventional Christian sense. Yet her status as an icon since her death is unequalled in British popular culture and images of her resonate beatitude. In this work, cultural critics discuss the myth of Diana - her work, her appeal, and her iconicity for scholars and general readers alike. They consider the Diana phenomenon as a symptom of the modern approach to religion, review television and cinema's…
Leisure, citizenship and working-class men in Britain, 1850–1945
This book analyses the development of male leisure against the changing notions of citizenship which underpinned perceptions of British society during the period 1850-1945. It opens with an examination of the 'leisure' problem of the middle decades of the nineteenth century. After the defeat of Chartism and associated challenges to the employers' right to organise the workplace, factory owners, the clergy and philanthropists established schemes o…
Women Drinking Out in Britain since the Early Twentieth Century
China and the Chinese in Popular Film
There’s a folk memory of China in which numberless yellow hordes pour out of the ‘mysterious East’ to overwhelm the vulnerable West, accompanied by a stereotype of the Chinese as cruel, cunning and depraved. Hollywood films played their part in perpetuating these myths and stereotypes that constituted ‘The Yellow Peril’. Jeffrey Richards examines in detail how and why they did it. He shows how the negative image was embodied in recurrent cinemati…
London calling Italy
During the Second World War the BBC established many of its foreign services.The ambiguity of Radio Londra, as the BBC was known in Italy, is clearly reflected in the broadcasts of the BBC Italian Service. The British station was both the voice of an occupier and a liberator of Italy from Nazi fascism. Despite this, the radio is mainly remembered as the authentic voice of anti-fascism and resistance.By analysing, from a transnational perspective,…
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