The food companions : cinema and consumption in wartime Britain, 1939-45 / Richard Farmer
Manchester ; New York New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.Includes previous owner's inscription. Item #370648
ISBN: 9780719083136
Series; Studies in popular culture. Physical description; xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index. Includes filmography (pages 237-242). Contents; Introduction: this is a film about food! -- Not so quiet on the kitchen front: Ministry of Food publicity in the Second World War -- Food flash! Ministry of Food short film publicity -- Laying a table for a family of 45 million: celebrating and contesting communal consumption -- The rat in England's storehouse: the black market in wartime cinema -- The Honourable company of Tea Drinkers: using food to position Britain, her allies and her enemies. Subjects; World War II, (1939-1945) Motion pictures and the war. Rationing Great Britain History 20th century. Motion pictures in propaganda Great Britain History. Motion pictures in propaganda. Rationing. War and motion pictures. Film. Performing Arts. World War II, (1939-1945) Great Britain Motion pictures and the war. Rationing Great Britain History 20th century. Motion pictures in propaganda Great Britain History. World War II, (1939-1945) Great Britain Motion pictures and the war. World War, 1939-1945 Films and the war. Films in propaganda Great Britain History. Propaganda, British History 20th century. Food industry and trade Government policy Great Britain. Politics in motion pictures Great Britain. Motion pictures Great Britain History 20th century. Genres; Bibliography. Filmography. History. Illustrated.
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