Ireland and Cinema: Culture and Contexts

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
‘Nothin’ But a Wee Humble Cottage’: At Home in Irish Cinema....Pages 13-23
Gangland Geometries: Space, Mobility and Transgression in the Veronica Guerin Films....Pages 24-34
‘Don’t Use Your Own Accents!’: Representations of Dublin’s Accents in Contemporary Film....Pages 35-46
Beyond Horror: Surviving Sexual Abuse in Carmel Winters’ Snap....Pages 47-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Black and White and Green All Over? Emergent Irish Female Stardom in Contemporary Popular Cinemas....Pages 59-70
Transcending Parochial Borders? Jonathan Rhys Meyers Is Henry VIII....Pages 71-81
Old and New Irish Ethnics: Exploring Ethnic and Gender Representation in P.S. I Love You....Pages 82-93
Mediating between His & Hers: An Exploration of Gender Representations and Self-Representations....Pages 94-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
From Belfast to Bamako: Cinema in the Era of Capitalist Realism....Pages 107-116
‘Many Sides, Many Truths’: Collaborative Filmmaking in Transitional Northern Ireland....Pages 117-126
The Suffering Male Body in Steve McQueen’s Hunger....Pages 127-136
Mickybo and Me: A Cinematographic Adaptation for an International Audience....Pages 137-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Singing in the Rain: The Irish-Themed Film Musical and Schlager’s Hibernian Moment....Pages 149-157
Irish Cinema: A French Perspective....Pages 158-169
Is Adaptation an Act of Transformation? J. B. Keane’s The Field on Screen....Pages 170-180
Irish Cinema in Italy: The Roma Irish Film Festa....Pages 181-191
Back Matter....Pages 192-216