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Heroes and happy endings: Class, gender, and nation in popular film and fiction in interwar Britain (Studies in Popular Culture) by Christine Grandy is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>This is a highly anticipated examination of the popular film and fiction consumed by Britons in the 1920s and 1930s. Departing from a prevailing emphasis on popular culture as escapist, Christine Grandy offers a fresh perspective by noting the enduring importance of class and gender divisions in the narratives read and watched by the working and middle classes between the wars. This compelling study ties contemporary concerns about ex-soldiers, profiteers, and working and voting women to the
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- Author
- Christine Grandy
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781526111210
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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