Description
| Product ID: | 9781804251096 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Choose Life. Choose Leith. |
| Subtitle: | Trainspotting on Location |
| Authors: | Author: Tim Bell |
| Page Count: | 236 |
| Subjects: | Film history, theory or criticism, Film theory & criticism, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, History, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Social & cultural history, Central Scotland, English, c 1970 to c 1980 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating By examining the book, the play and the film, Choose Life, Choose Leith both critically analyses the Trainspotting phenomenon in its various forms, and contextualises the importance of the location of Leith and the culture of 1980s Britain. Looking in detail at the history of Leith, the drug culture, the spread of HIV/AIDs, and how Trainspotting affected drug policy, Leith and the Scottish Identity, the book highlights the importance of Trainspotting. Choose Life, Choose Leith acts as a reference book, a record of the times and a background as to the history that led to the real-life situation and the publication of the book. By examining the book, the play and the film, Choose Life, Choose Leith both critically analyses the Trainspotting phenomenon in its various forms, and contextualises the importance of the location of Leith and the culture of 1980s Britain. Looking in detail at the history of Leith, the drug culture, the spread of HIV/AIDs, and how Trainspotting affected drug policy, Leith and the Scottish Identity, the book highlights the importance of Trainspotting. Choose Life, Choose Leith acts as a reference book, a record of the times and a background as to the history that led to the real-life situation and the publication of the book. |
| Imprint Name: | Luath Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Luath Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-05-01 |
