Soho on Screen

Jingan Young

ISBN 10: 180539729X / ISBN 13: 9781805397298

Edité par Berghahn Books, 2025

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur CW-9781805397298

Synopsis :

Despite Soho's rich cultural history, there remains an absence of work on the depiction of the popular neighbourhood in film. Soho on Screen provides one of the first studies of Soho within post-war British cinema. Drawing upon historical, cultural and urban studies of the area, this book explores twelve films and theatrically released documentaries from a filmography of over one hundred Soho set productions. While predominantly focusing on low-budget, exploitation films which are exemplars of British and international filmmaking, Young also offers new readings of star and director biographies, from Laurence Harvey to Emeric Pressburger, and in so doing enlivens discussion on filmmaking in a time and place of intense social transformation, technological innovation and growing permissiveness.

À propos de l?auteur:

Jingan Young is an award-winning playwright and journalist. She holds a PhD from King's College London, and is a regular contributor to The Guardian. She is editor of Foreign Goods: A Selection of Writing by British East Asian Artists (Oberon Books, 2018).

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Soho on Screen
Éditeur : Berghahn Books
Date d'édition : 2025
Reliure : PAP
Etat : New