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The food companions : cinema and consumption in wartime Britain, 1939-45 /

Farmer, Richard.

The food companions : cinema and consumption in wartime Britain, 1939-45 / Richard Farmer. - Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - xvi, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Studies in popular culture . - Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England). .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-252) and index. Includes filmography (p. [237]-242).

The introduction of rationing ensured that food became a central concern for the British people during the Second World War. 'The Food Companions' investigates the cinema of this period and demonstrates the cultural impact that rationing and food control had on both government propaganda and commercial feature films.

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World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war.--Great Britain
Rationing--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Motion pictures in propaganda--History.--Great Britain

PN 1993.5 .G7 / F375 2011

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