{"product_id":"the-magic-box-rob-young-9780571284597","title":"The Magic Box: Viewing Britain Through the Rectangular Window","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting journey into the psyche of Britain through its golden age of television and film from the late 50s-late 80s. A cross-genre feast of moving pictures, from classics to occult hidden gems, \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Box\u003c\/i\u003e is the nation's visual self-portrait in technicolour detail.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eI found myself thinking more and more about how for the post-war generation, the television had replaced the village storyteller...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Growing up in the 1970s, Rob Young's main source of stories was the wooden box with the glass window in the corner of his grandparents' living room. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before the age of DVDs and Blu-ray discs, YouTube and commercial streaming services, watching television was a vastly different experience. You switched on, you sat back, and you watched. There was no pause or fast forward button. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The cross-genre feast of moving pictures that were produced in Britain between the late 1950s and late 1980s - from \u003ci\u003eThe Village of the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBagpuss\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDay of the Triffids\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorzel Gummidge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e - contributed to a national conversation and collective memory. It played out tensions between the past and the present, dramatized the fractures and injustices in society and acted as a portal for magical and occult notions. It expressed something about the nature and character of Britain, it's uncategorisable people and its buried histories. It became a golden age that influenced an entire generation of filmmakers and television producers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Box\u003c\/i\u003e, Rob Young explores the strange and wonderful ways British identity has been portrayed on the screen, discovering a telemetric folklore of the British Isles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rob Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571284590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571284597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 2.00d","brand":"Rob Young","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043428921599,"sku":"9780571284597","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc5881ac-c9e8-4db7-9b2e-752ed17ce3fb.jpg?v=1684967097","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-magic-box-rob-young-9780571284597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}