Windows on the Sixties: Exploring Key Texts of Media and Culture

ISBN 10: 1860643833 / ISBN 13: 9781860643835

Published by I.B. Tauris, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Windows on the Sixties: Exploring Key Texts of Media and Culture
• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860643833
• ISBN 13: 9781860643835
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 340.2 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Key media reference points of the 1960s, including The Avengers, This Sporting Life, Panorama, The Apartment and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, are the focus of this book. Each chapter addresses common issues of contexts of production and reception, of genre, style and aesthetics and the book as a whole draws together the impressions of the era given by these windows on the sixties.

About the Author

Anthony Aldgate is Reader in Film and History, James Chapman is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, and Arthur Marwick is Professor of History, all at The Open University.