{"product_id":"reframing-the-long-1960s-on-british-screens","title":"Reframing the Long 1960s on British Screens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReframing the Long 1960s \u003c\/i\u003eEstella Tincknell explores the way British crime films and television series made during or about that extended decade have been marked by ongoing tensions between nostalgic myths of masculinity, power and whiteness and attempts to challenge or transform those dominant narratives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTincknell blends cultural analysis and original research with close reading to examine a wide variety of crime subgenres from police procedurals and heist films to gangster narratives and thrillers, comparing the approaches of texts such as \u003ci\u003eZ-Cars\u003c\/i\u003e (1962-1978), \u003ci\u003eRobbery\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), \u003ci\u003eGet Carter\u003c\/i\u003e (1971) and \u003ci\u003eThe Sweeney \u003c\/i\u003e(1975–1978) with those of period dramas aimed at twenty-first century audiences, including \u003ci\u003eThe Great Train Robbery\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eLegend\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eThe Trial of Christine Keeler \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) and \u003ci\u003eEndeavour \u003c\/i\u003e(2012–2023). Tincknell identifies the important intersections between text, genre, nostalgia and popular memory as she traces how persistent myths about crime and criminality—and about “the long 1960s” as a defining period for British cultural identity—have been represented and recirculated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56539071709528,"sku":"9781666934618","price":102.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781666934618.jpg?v=1780117282","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/reframing-the-long-1960s-on-british-screens","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}