Screening the Hollywood Rebels in 1950s Britain - by Anna Ariadne Knight (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This book makes a timely intervention in popular film culture, examining how three iconic Hollywood stars (Marlon Brando, James Dean and Elvis Presley) disrupted British youth culture when they starred in classic American films about juvenile delinquency.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This book examines issues of censorship, publicity and teenage fandom in 1950s Britain surrounding a series of controversial Hollywood films: <i>The Wild One</i>, <i>Blackboard Jungle</i>, <i>Rebel Without a Cause</i>, <i>Rock Around the Clock </i>and <i>Jailhouse Rock</i>. It also explores British cinema's commentary on juvenile delinquency through a re-examination of such British films as <i>The Blue Lamp</i>, <i>Spare the Rod</i> and <i>Serious Charge</i>. Taking a multi-dimensional approach, the book intersects with star studies and social history while reappraising the stardom of Marlon Brando, James Dean and Elvis Presley. By looking at the specific meanings, pleasures and uses British fans derived from these films, it provides a logical and sustained narrative for how Hollywood star images fed into and disrupted British cultural life during a period of unprecedented teenage consumerism.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><i>Screening the Hollywood rebels</i> is a fascinating transnational study that explores the relationship between classic American films about juvenile delinquency and British popular youth culture in the 1950s. The book examines the censorship, publicity and fandom surrounding such Hollywood films as <i>The Wild One</i>, <i>Blackboard Jungle</i>, <i>Rebel Without a Cause</i>, <i>Rock Around the Clock</i> and <i>Jailhouse Rock</i>, alongside such British films as <i>The Blue Lamp</i>, <i>Spare the Rod</i> and <i>Serious Charge</i>. Intersecting with star studies and social history, it is the first book to re-vision the stardom surrounding three extraordinarily influential Hollywood stars - Marlon Brando, James Dean and Elvis Presley - by looking at their meanings to British fans. The analysis provides a logical and sustained narrative that explains how and why these star images fed into and disrupted British cultural life. Based on a wide range of sources, from censorship records and archival accounts to personal interviews, <i>Screening the Hollywood rebels</i> offers new insights into questions of screen violence and censorship, masculinity and transnational stardom, method acting and performance, Americanisation and popular post-war British culture.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Anna Ariadne Knight currently teaches history and film at Queen Mary University of London
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