The Food Companions: Cinema and Consumption in Wartime Britain, 1939–45
Author:   Richard Farmer ,  Jeffrey Richards ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9780719083136


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   31 August 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Richard Farmer ,  Jeffrey Richards ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780719083136


ISBN 10:   0719083133
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   31 August 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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List of illustrations Acknowledgements Note on sources List of abbreviations Introduction: This is a film about food! 1. Not so quiet on the kitchen front: Ministry of Food publicity in the Second World War 2. Food flash! Ministry of Food short film publicity 3. Laying a table for a family of forty-five million: Celebrating and contesting communal consumption 4. The rat in England’s storehouse: The black market in wartime cinema 5. The honourable company of tea drinkers: Using food to position Britain, her allies and her enemies Conclusion Appendix: List of food flash films Filmography Bibliography Index -- .

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The Food Companions is an outstanding book. It provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging account of food and consumption habits in British society during a time of national crisis. Thoroughly researched, elegantly written, attractively illustrated, and frequently humorous, the book should appeal to scholars interested in cultural, film and social history. -- Robert James. Reviews in History 20120223


The Food Companions is an outstanding book. It provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging account of food and consumption habits in British society during a time of national crisis. Thoroughly researched, elegantly written, attractively illustrated, and frequently humorous, the book should appeal to scholars interested in cultural, film and social history. -- .


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Richard Farmer is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Film Studies at University College London.

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