Britain Colonized: Hollywood's Appropriation of British Literature

Britain Colonized: Hollywood's Appropriation of British Literature

Jennifer Jeffers, Cleveland State University

Description

Introduction -- Context and desire in the colonization of British literature -- Heritage and nostalgia: what remains of The remains of the day -- American cowboy in England: Possession -- Cinema's romance with the colonial: The English patient's "anticonquest" adventure -- Cool Britannia for sale: Trainspotting and Bridget Jones's diary -- Reterritorializing British masculinity for American consumption: Waterland and High fidelity -- Shakespear's counterfeit signature: Shakespeare in love -- Conclusion