Reframing the Long 1960s on British Screens - Masculinity, Crime and Nostalgia

Estella Tincknell explores representations of gender, violence, race and desire in British crime films and television series made during or about “the long 1960s,” contending that our understanding of this period is marked primarily by tensions between nostalgic myths of masculinity, power and whiteness and modern interpretations that challenge those dominant narratives.