Fashioning the Nation: Costume and Identity in British Cinema [Paperback]

Pam Cook (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 22, 2008 | ISBN-10: 085170574X | ISBN-13: 978-0851705743

This work explores the history of costume in British film, from the 1920s to the 1990s. It shows how period costume romances, such as "Caravan", featured sensual designs which caused a scandal in postwar society, and it explains the cultural implications of this scandal.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A lively and witty look at the costume design of British films." -- Times Literary Supplement

About the Author

Pam Cook lectures in Film at the University of East Anglia. She is editor of The Cinema Book and coeditor of Women and Film: A Sight and Sound Reader.

Product Details

• Paperback: 145 pages
• Publisher: British Film Institute (January 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 085170574X
• ISBN-13: 978-0851705743
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,639,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Pam Cook (born 6 January 1943, Farnborough, Hampshire, UK) is Professor Emerita in Film at the University of Southampton. Along with Laura Mulvey and Claire Johnston, she was a pioneer of 1970s Anglo-American feminist film theory. In the mid-1980s, Cook co-authored and edited the leading film studies text book The Cinema Book for the British Film Institute. From 1985 to 1994 she was Associate Editor and contributor on the BFI magazines Monthly Film Bulletin and Sight and Sound, before becoming a lecturer at the University of East Anglia. In 1998 she was appointed the first Professor of European Film and Media at the University of Southampton. Since her retirement in 2005, she continues to publish books and articles on film.