Ireland and cinema : culture and contexts / edited by Barry Monahan, University College Cork, Ireland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Monahan, Barry, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Ireland--History.

Motion pictures.

Ireland.

History.

Ireland--In motion pictures.

Irish in motion pictures.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxii, 216 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Contents:

Introduction / Barry Monahan

Politics of home, space and place. "Nothin but a wee humble cottage": at home in Irish cinema / Conn Holohan

Gangland geometries: space, mobility and transgression in the Veronica Guerin films / Jenny Knell

"Don't use your own accents!": representations of Dublin's accents in contemporary film / Nicholas O'Riordan

Beyond horror: surviving abuse in Carmel winters' snap / Kathleen Vejvoda

Identities of gender and stardom. Black and white and green all over? emergent Irish female stardom in contemporary popular cinemas / Ciara Barrett

Transcending parochial borders? Jonathan Rhys Meyers is Henry VIII / Liz Carville

Old and new Irish ethnics: exploring ethnic and gender representation in P.S. I love you / Silvia Dibeltulo

Mediating between his & hers: an exploration of gender representations and self-representations / Patricia Neville

Northern Ireland. From Belfast to Bamako: cinema in the era of capitalist realism / Stephen Baker and Greg McLaughlin

"Many sides, many truths": collaborative filmmaking in transitional Northern Ireland / Laura Aguiar

The suffering male body in Steve McQueen's Hunger / Raita Merivirta

Mickybo and me: a cinematographic adaptation for an international audience / Brigitte Bastiat

Overseas perspectives. Singing in the rain: the Irish-themed film musical and Schlager's Hibernian moment / Fergal Lenehan

Irish cinema: a French perspective / Isabelle Le Corff

Is adaptation an act of transformation? J.B. Keane's The field on screen / Noélia Borges

Irish cinema in Italy: the Roma Irish film festa / Ciara Chambers and Barry Monahan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

ISBN:

9781137496355

1137496355

OCLC:

908146010