James Chapman (historian)

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James Chapman is a British media historian who is the author of the following books:

  • The British at War: Cinema, State and Propaganda 1939-1945 (London: I.B. Tauris, 1998)
  • Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films (London: I.B. Tauris, 1999)
  • Windows on the Sixties: Exploring Key Texts of Media and Culture (London: I.B. Tauris, 2000), as co-editor with Arthur Marwick and Tony Aldgate
  • Saints and Avengers: British Adventure Series of the 1960s (London: I.B. Tauris, 2002)
  • Cinemas of the World: Film and Society from 1895 to the Present (London: Reaktion, 2003)

He has also published journal articles and chapters on a range of topics, including film adaptations of A Christmas Carol, the Coronation film Queen Is Crowned, The Avengers, The Quatermass Experiment, The War Game and The World at War. He is currently teaching Film and Visual Art at the University of Leicester.

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