TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merck,Mandy
ED  - Project Muse
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - The British Monarchy On Screen / 
SN  - 9781526113047
AV  - PN1995.9.Q35 B75 2016
U1  - 929.72 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Baltimore, Maryland
PB  - Project Muse
KW  - Royal houses
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Kings and rulers in motion pictures
KW  - Queens in motion pictures
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Part I. Victorian inventions -- Part II. The Elizabethan diva -- Part III. Images of empire -- Part IV. Popular participation in royal representation -- Part V. Television's contested histories -- Part VI. Monarchy in contemporary Anglophone cinema -- Index; Open Access
N2  - Moving images of the British monarchy are almost as old as the moving image itself, dating back to an 1895 American drama, The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. And from 1896, actual British monarchs appeared in the new 'animated photography', led by Queen Victoria. Half a century later the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II was a milestone in the adoption of television, watched by 20 million Britons and 100 million North Americans. At the century's end, Princess Diana's funeral was viewed by 2.5 billion worldwide. In the first book length examination of film and television representations of this enduring institution, distinguished scholars of media and political history analyze the screen representations of royalty from Henry VIII to 'William and Kate'. Seventeen essays by Ian Christie, Elisabeth Bronfen, Andrew Higson, Karen Lury, Glynn Davies, Jane Landman and other international commentators examine the portrayal of royalty in the 'actuality' picture, the early extended feature, amateur cinema, the movie melodrama, the Commonwealth documentary, New Queer Cinema, TV current affairs, the big screen ceremonial and the post-historical boxed set. A long overdue contribution to film and television studies, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of British media and political history
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/64133/
ER  -