Viewpoints : theoretical perspectives on Irish visual texts / edited by Claire Bracken and Emma Radley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bracken, Claire, editor.

Radley, Emma, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--Ireland.

Popular culture.

Art and society--Ireland.

Art and society.

Ireland--In motion pictures.

Ireland.

Ireland--In art.

Ireland--Civilization.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xviii, 278 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cork : Cork University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Over the last twenty years, Ireland has undergone significant transformation and, as a consequence, notions of Irish identity and nationality have been in constant flux. For this reason, it is a timely moment to consider visual representations, both past and present, of Irish cultural life, and contribute to conversations about questions such as: What kind of iconic currencies does Ireland have? How should we see them? Are there specific ideological frameworks operating when we imagine Ireland? Can we imagine Irishness differently? Viewpoints explores the ways in which visual texts engage with questions of Irish culture, and the manner in which those texts are received, circulated and consumed. By way of recourse to a range of theoretical positions that include feminism, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, philosophy and queer theory, the collection presents multiple and variegated perspectives on Irish texts, culture, society and life. With essays on theories of visualisation and early Irish photography, adaptation and memory in the diasporic image, identities in Irish photographic art, the advertising of therapeutic 'wellness' sites, as well as essays which read and focus Irish film and television 'differently', this book brings new critical readings to how we 'see' Irish culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

Discourse

1 Terra Infirma: The Territory of the Visible and the Writing of Ireland's Visual Culture / Justin Carville Carville, Justin 13

2 World-making in Thaddeus O'Sullivan's The Woman Who Married Clark Gable / Cheryl Herr Herr, Cheryl 29

3 The Phenomenological Narrative Shift between Lenny Abrahamson's Adam & Paul and Garage / Barry Monahan Monahan, Barry 42

4 Fascinating States: Screening Northern Ireland / Matthew Brown Brown, Matthew 58

5 Finding a Voice: Irish-Language Film in the Twenty-First Century / Heather Macdougall Macdougall, Heather 73

Form

6 Memory to Film: Reviving the Irish Diaspora in Stephen Frears' Liam / Emmie McFadden McFadden, Emmie 93

7 Violent Transpositions: The Disturbing 'Appearance' of the Irish Horror Film / Emma Radley Radley, Emma 109

8 Film into Novel: Kate O'Brien's Modernist Use of Film Techniques / Aintzane Legarreta Mentxaka Mentxaka, Aintzane Legarreta 124

9 The Feng Shui of Lough Derg: Therapeutic Landscapes and the Marketing of Spirituality in Contemporary Ireland / Anne Mulhall Mulhall, Anne 137

Identity

10 'Indebted for their Existence to the Inessential': On Three Irish Artists / Colin Graham Graham, Colin 155

11 Post-Feminism and the Celtic Tiger: Deirdre O'Kane's Television Roles / Claire Bracken Bracken, Claire 169

12 New Identities in the Irish Horror Film: Isolation and Boy Eats Girl / Zélie Asava Asava, Zélie 184

13 Becoming-Woman: Transformations in the Interstice in the Cinema of Neil Jordan / Jenny O'Connor O'Connor, Jenny 199

14 Mourning Sex: The Aesthetics of Queer Relationality in Contemporary Film / Fintan Walsh Walsh, Fintan 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781859184967

1859184960

OCLC:

839310883