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An in-depth reassessment of the nature and significance of British cinema and the British film industry during the 1960sOver half a century on, the 1960s continue to generate strong intellectual and emotional responses – both positive and negative – and this is no less true in the arena of film. Making substantial use of new and underexplored archive resources that provide a wealth of information and insight on the period in question, this book offers a fresh perspective on the major resurgence of creativity and international appeal experienced by British cinema in that dramatic decade. Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema is the first scholarly volume on this period of British cinema for more than twenty-five years. It provides a major reconsideration of the period by focusing on the central tensions and contradiction between novelty/revolution and continuity/tradition during what remains a highly contentious period of cultural production and consumption. Key featuresExplores the British film industry, production, distribution and state support during the 1960s Examines creative agency, production cultures and the contribution made by key types of creative practitioner to British films of the decade Investigates British cinema’s connections with television, advertising and pop music

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Touching on the decade's biggest issues, from changing cultural norms to the role of the state, Debating Dissent critically examines ideas of generational change and the sixties.

Nineteen sixties. --- Canada --- History --- Social conditions

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This book charts the changing complexion of American culture in one of the most culturally vibrant of twentieth-century decades. It provides a vivid account of the major cultural forms of 1960's America - music and performance; film and television; fiction and poetry; art and photography - as well as influential texts, trends and figures of the decade: from Norman Mailer to Susan Sontag; from Muhammad Ali's anti-war protests to Tom Lehrer's stand-up comedy; from Bob Dylan to Rachel Carson; and from Pop Art to photojournalism. A chapter on new social movements demonstrates that a current

Popular culture --- Nineteen sixties. --- 1960s --- 60s (Twentieth century decade) --- Sixties (Twentieth century decade) --- Twentieth century --- History --- United States --- Civilization --- Nineteen sixties

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'Sixties Radicalism and Social Movement Activism' explores and re-analyses major events, debates and themes from the radical developments of the nineteen sixties and relates them to contemporary social movements and issues.

Nineteen sixties. --- Social movements --- Radicalism --- 1960s --- 60s (Twentieth century decade) --- Sixties (Twentieth century decade) --- Twentieth century --- History --- United States

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Lucky Strikes and a Three Martini Lunch: Thinking About Television's Mad Men explores the attributes of the AMC series that allow it to be such a popular and vital contribution to contemporary cultural discourse. Set in the 1960s in New York, the Emmy and Peabody-winning series Mad Men follows the competitive, seductive, and oftentimes ruthless lives of the men and women of Madison Avenue's advertising agencies. Many alluring and captivating qualities constitute the Mad Men experience: the wa...

Nineteen sixties. --- 1960s --- 60s (Twentieth century decade) --- Sixties (Twentieth century decade) --- Twentieth century --- Mad men (Television program) --- United States --- Social life and customs --- Civilization