| Picturing Cornwall: Landscape, Region and the Moving Image Contributor(s): Moseley, Rachel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0859890775 ISBN-13: 9780859890779 Publisher: University of Exeter Press OUR PRICE: $32.67 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - History - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2019299654 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.82 lbs) 261 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the history of Cornwall's picturing on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark books. Drawing on art history to illuminate the construction of Cornwall in films and television programmes, the book looks at amateur film, newsreels and contemporary film practice as well as drama. It argues that Cornwall's screen identity has been dominated by the romantic coastal edge, leaving the regional interior absent from representation. In turn, the emphasis on the coast in Cornwall's screen history has had a significant and ongoing economic impact on the area.New research with an innovative approach, looking at amateur film and newsreels alongside mainstream film and television.Will appeal to both the academic and the more general reader. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moseley, Rachel: - Rachel Moseley is head of the department of film and television studies and director of the Centre for Television History, Heritage and Memory Research at the University of Warwick. |