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The IRA on film and television : a history / Mark Connelly.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.I684 C66 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connelly, Mark, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish Republican Army--In motion pictures.
- Irish Republican Army.
- Irish Republican Army--On television.
- Irish Republican Army on television.
- Irish question in motion pictures.
- Irish question on television.
- Physical Description:
- v, 267 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Irish Republican Army on film and television
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2012]
- Summary:
- "The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in North Ireland. This illustrated history analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Troubles I: the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War
- The big fellow: Michael Collins
- The shamrock and the swastika
- The Troubles II
- The classics: the informer and odd man out
- American angles
- International intrigue
- The gangster film: criminalizing the IRA
- Themes and characters
- Post troubles?
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786447367
- 0786447362
- OCLC:
- 757461966
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