Visions of England

Visions of England is a provocative and original exploration ofEnglishness, in particular English class, in contemporary cinema. Classhas been a central part, whether consciously or not, of much of Englishsocial analysis and artistic production for over a century. But as away of interpreting society, class has found itself sidelined in apostmodern world. Visions of England presents a detailed analysis ofthe changing landscape of English class and culture.Visions of England explores a...
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Visions of England is a provocative and original exploration ofEnglishness, in particular English class, in contemporary cinema. Classhas been a central part, whether consciously or not, of much of Englishsocial analysis and artistic production for over a century. But as away of interpreting society, class has found itself sidelined in apostmodern world. Visions of England presents a detailed analysis ofthe changing landscape of English class and culture.Visions of England explores a wide range of film production - fromgangster thrillers like Lock, Stock Two Smoking Barrels to the periodcinema of Elizabeth, from cult classics like Performance andTrainspotting to the mainstream romantic comedy of Notting Hill andBridget Jones, from the social realist drama of Billy Elliot and TheFull Monty to the multicultural comedy of Bend it like Beckham, and theexperimentalism of films such as London Orbital and Robinson in Space.An extraordinarily wide-ranging and incisive study, Visions of Englandrewrites the relationship of film and Englishness.