Wiebe, Heather - Mobilizing Music in Wartime British Film

    Catalogue No: 9780197631720
    Product FormatBook
    AuthorWiebe, Heather
    £29.99
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    SeriesOxford Music / Media
    Pages208
    Publication Date19 December 2024
    ISBN9780197631720 (0197631721)
    EAN9780197631720

      Uses music and film to shed light on the feeling of total war
    • Examines demands for cultural utility through the lens of total war
    • Explores women's mobilization and trauma in the Second World War
    • Offers detailed readings of 1940s films in dialogue with wartime British music and culture

    Mobilizing Music in Wartime British Film examines the preoccupation with art music and total war that animated British films of the 1940s.

    Contents

    1. Introduction
    2. 1. Music, Feeling, and Total War: Listen to Britain and Millions Like Us
    3. 2. A Classic of the Masses: The Warsaw Concerto and Dangerous Moonlight
    4. 3. Recuperating Selfhood: Love Story and Men of Two Worlds
    5. 4. Sounding Out Civilian Trauma: The Seventh Veil and Brief Encounter
    6. 5. Possessed by Music: The Glass Mountain and The Red Shoes
    7. Filmography
    8. Bibliography
    9. Index
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