The British Horseracing Film: Representations of the 'Sport of Kings' in British Cinema (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030051792)

This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of horseracing in British cinema. Through comprehensive contextual histories of film production and reception, together with detailed textual analysis, this book explores the aesthetic and emotive power of the enduringly popular horseracing genre, its ideologically-inflected landscape and the ways in which horse owners and riders, bookmakers and punters have been represented on British screen. The films discussed span from the 1890s to the present day and include silent shorts, quota quickies and big-budget biopics. A work of social and film history, The British Horseracing Film demonstrates how the so-called "sport of kings" functions as an accessible institutional structure through which to explore cinematic discussions about the British nation--but also, and equally, national approaches to British cinema.


Author: Stephen Glynn
ISBN-10: 303005179X
ISBN-13: 9783030051792
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2019
Pages: 162
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d