Full Description
Exploring British society's response to cinematic espionage
The chapters of this book explore how British society responded to cinematic and film representations of espionage from the early twentieth century to the present day. Interrogating themes like fear of fifth columns to representation of gender, nation, space and nostalgia, these essays provide commentary on how British culture has depicted this apparently murky underworld.
Key Features
Re-ignites ongoing debates about the relationship between British culture and espionage Considers issues of gender, politics, memory, and culturePresents fresh readings of cinematic espionage
Contents
'Introduction', Alan Burton, Laura Crossley and Nick Barnett; 'Sherlock Holmes and the Nazis: Fifth Columnists and the People's War in Anglo-American Cinema, 1942-1943', Christopher Smith; '"Jumping on the Bondwagon": The Spy Cycle in British Cinema in the 1960s', Alan Burton; 'An Absence of Modesty: the Male/Female Dichotomy in Modesty Blaise', Laura Crossley; 'Cold War Spaces: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in Television and Cinema', Douglas McNaughton; ''The trouble with treachery nowadays': Revisiting the Age of Treason in Philby, Burgess and Maclean and Blunt', Joseph Oldham; '"I do not like moral horror": Spooks and the Ethical Challenge of the Secret Services in 21st Century Britain', Barbara Korte; 'Cold War Nostalgia in The Game', Nicholas Barnett; 'In Memoriam Peter Hutchings: Hammer and Beyond: Peter Hutchings's Contribution to the Study of Popular British Cinema and Television', Johnny Walker.
