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Author Rawlings, Roger, 1963- author.

Title Ripping England! : postwar British satire in the age of austerity / Roger Rawlings.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series SUNY series, horizons of cinema
SUNY series, horizons of cinema.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Economic and artistic postwar Britain -- "Fog in channel, continent cut off": postwar British filmmakers look inward -- The great bloodless revolution: the Ealing satires (to 1949) -- The Ealing satires' annus mirabilus -- Ealing at a turning point (1949 and after) -- The special relationship: American satires of the 1940s -- Postwar Britain faces its subconscious: Spike Milligan and the goons -- The post-1950s satire boom: satire explodes into late 20th century -- British popular culture -- Epilogue: satire in postwar British and American popular culture.
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Subject Ealing Studios -- History -- 20th century.
Ealing Studios.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Comedy films -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Comedy films.
Great Britain.
Comedy films -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Rawlings, Roger, 1963- Ripping England! Albany : State University of New York Press, 2017 9781438467337 (DLC) 2016056704
ISBN 9781438467351 (electronic book)
1438467354 (electronic book)
9781438467337 (alkaline paper)