{"product_id":"french-costume-drama-of-the-susan-hayward-9781841503189","title":"French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen political and civil unrest threatened France's social order in the 1950s, French cinema provided audiences a seemingly unique form of escapism from such troubled times: a nostalgic look back to the France of the nineteenth and earlier centuries, with costume dramas set in the age of Napoleon, the Belle Époque, the Revolution and further back still to seventeenth-century swashbuckler adventures and tales of mystery and revenge. Film critics, have routinely dismissed this period and this genre of French cinema, overlooking its importance in terms of political cultural history. \u003cem\u003eFrench Costume Drama of the 1950s\u003c\/em\u003e redresses this balance, exploring a diverse range of films including Guitry's \u003cem\u003eNapoléon\u003c\/em\u003e (1955), Vernay's \u003cem\u003eLe Comte de Monte Cristo\u003c\/em\u003e (1953), and Le Chanois' \u003cem\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/em\u003e (1958) to expose the political cultural paradox between nostalgia for a lost past and the drive for modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Hayward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1841503185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781841503189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Intellect (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.80w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011","brand":"Susan Hayward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088855314687,"sku":"9781841503189","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93da1f0f-e3bc-495b-85ad-8041123fe7f7.jpg?v=1769106916","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/french-costume-drama-of-the-susan-hayward-9781841503189","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}