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OverviewUsing popular cinema from the United States, Britain, and France, Empire Films and the Crisis of Colonialism, 1946- 1959, examines postwar Western attitudes toward colonialism and race relations. Historians have written much about the high politics of decolonization but little about what ordinary citizens thought about losing their empires. Popular cinema provided the main source of images of the colonies, and, according to Jon Cowans in this far-reaching book, films depicting the excesses of empire helped Westerners come to terms with decolonization and even promoted the dismantling of colonialism around the globe. Examining more than one hundred British, French, and American films from the post-World War II era, Cowans concentrates on movies that depict interactions between white colonizers and nonwhite colonial subjects, including sexual and romantic relations. Although certain conservative films eagerly supported colonialism, Cowans argues that the more numerous ""liberal colonialist"" productions undermined support for key aspects of colonial rule, while a few more provocative films openly favored anticolonial movements and urged ""internal decolonization"" for people of color in Britain, France, and the United States. Combining new archival research on the films' production with sharp analysis of their imagery and political messages, the book also assesses their reception through box-office figures and newspaper reviews. It examines both high-profile and lesser-known films on overseas colonialism, including The King and I, Bhowani Junction, and Island in the Sun, and tackles treatments of miscegenation and ""internal colonialism"" that appeared in Westerns and American films like Pinky and Giant. The first truly transnational history of cinema's role in decolonization, this powerful book weaves a unified historical narrative out of the experiences of three colonial powers in diverse geographic settings. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jon Cowans (Associate Professor of History, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.726kg ISBN: 9781421416410ISBN 10: 1421416417 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 10 July 2015 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I The Persistence of Empire 1. The White Woman's Burden 2. Heroes of Empire 3. Westerns Part II Coming to Terms 4. The British Empire and Decolonization 5. The French Empire and Decolonization 6. American in Postwar Asia Part III Dangerous Liaisons 7. Miscegnation in Westerns 8. Romance across the Pacific 9. Black-White Couples and Internal Decolonization Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B Notes IndexReviewsAuthor InformationJon Cowans is an associate professor of history at Rutgers University-Newark. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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