Projecting empire

Projecting empire

by James Chapman

2009

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Popular cinema is saturated with images and narratives of empire. This study of imperialism and cinema maps the history of empire cinema in both Hollywood and Britain through a series of case studies of popular films including biopics, adventures, literary adaptations, melodramas, comedies and documentaries.