Shane Meadows: Critical Essays

Martin Fradley; Sarah Godfrey; Melanie Williams

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2013

Shane Meadows

Critical Essays

Martin Fradley , Sarah Godfrey and Melanie Williams

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748676408

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About this book

Explores the full range of Meadows’ work, from local D.I.Y. media to international festival acclaim

From his breakthrough short films in the early 1990s and feature debut TwentyFourSeven (1997) through to the BAFTA-winning This Is England (2007) and hit television spin-off, director Shane Meadows has emerged as one of the most distinctive and influential voices in contemporary British cinema.

Shane Meadows: Critical Essays is the first book on this widely admired filmmaker, and explores the full range of his work, from its origins in local no-budget D.I.Y. media through to international festival acclaim and multiple award wins. Through a range of essays, it presents a comprehensive analysis of Shane Meadows’ oeuvre to date, situating his work in the context of British cinema history as well as wider cultural changes from the nineties to now.

An essential read for students and scholars working in the field of British cinema, this in-depth examination of Shane Meadow’s work is also invaluable to those studying British directors, British television and auteurism.

Key Features

The first book-length study of the work of Shane Meadows, a film-maker who has a devoted and passionate fan-base as well as a high standing among scholars of recent British film.
Covers the full range of his work from its origins in the 1990s to its latest developments.
The format of edited collection enables the book to contain a variety of perspectives and approaches to the film-maker’s work.
A substantial introduction will be provided by the co-editors of the book, offering an overview of Meadows and his place within British cinema culture.
Equal attention paid to the formal qualities and themes of Meadows’ individual films and the social/historical context of his films.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Notes on the Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
1 Introduction: Shane’s World Martin Fradley, Sarah Godfrey and Melanie Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Structure and Agency: Shane Meadows and the New Regional Production Sectors Jack Newsinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3 Twenty-first-Century Social Realism: Shane Meadows and New British Realism David Forrest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4 ‘Al fresco? That’s up yer anus, innit?’ Shane Meadows and the Politics of Abjection Martin Fradley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
5 No More Heroes: The Politics of Marginality and Disenchantment in TwentyFourSeven and This is England Jill Steans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
6 ‘Now I’m the monster’: Remembering, Repeating and Working Through in Dead Man’s Shoes and TwentyFourSeven Paul Elliott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
7 ‘An object of indecipherable bastardry – a true monster’: Homosociality, Homoeroticism and Generic Hybridity in Dead Man’s Shoes Clair Schwarz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
8 A Message to You, Maggie: 1980s Skinhead Subculture and Music in This is England Tim Snelson and Emma Sutton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
9 Changing Spaces of ‘Englishness’: Psychogeography and Spatial Practices in This is England and Somers Town Sarah N. Petrovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
10 ‘Shane, don’t film this bit’: Comedy and Performance in Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee Brett Mills Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
11 ‘Them over there’: Motherhood and Marginality in Shane Meadows’ Films Louise FitzGerald and Sarah Godfrey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
12 ‘What do you think makes a bad dad?’ Shane Meadows and Fatherhood Martin Fradley and Seán Kingston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
13 Is This England ’86 and ’88? Memory, Haunting and Return through Television Seriality David Rolinson and Faye Woods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
14 After Laughter Comes Tears: Passion and Redemption in This is England ’88 Robert Murphy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: July 22, 2013
ISBN: 9780748676408