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Paperback Spinsters, Widows and Chars: The Ageing Woman in British Film Book

ISBN: 1474452833

ISBN13: 9781474452830

Spinsters, Widows and Chars: The Ageing Woman in British Film

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Actresses like Maggie Smith, Cicely Courtneidge and Sybil Thorndike have established the enduring appeal of the ageing actress in British film. Historicising and contextualising this archetypal figure, this book establishes a taxonomy of female ageing in British cinema, from the 1930s to the present day.
Arguing that the prevalence of various iterations of the character actress is essential in understanding the nature of British cinema, specifically...

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