Ireland and Cinema

Laura Aguiar, University College Cork, IrelandStephen Baker, Ulster University, UKCiara Barrett, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandBrigitte Bastiat, University of La Rochelle, FranceNoélia Borges, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Liz Carville, NUI Maynooth, IrelandCiara Chambers, Ulster University, UKSilvia Dibeltulo, Oxford Brookes University, UKConn Holohan, NUI Galway, IrelandJenny Knell, University College Dublin, IrelandIsabelle Le Corff, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, FranceFergal Lenehan, Friedrich Schiller University, GermanyGreg McLaughlin, Ulster University, UKMartin McLoone, Ulster University, UKRaita Merivirta, University of Turku, FinlandBarry Monahan, University College Cork, IrelandPatricia Neville, University of Bristol, UKNicholas O'Riordan, University College Cork, IrelandKathleen Vejvoda, Bridgewater State University, USA

'Ireland and Cinema offers the reader a diverse and methodologically-rich collection of essays on the state of Irish cinema today. With chapters on gender, stardom, the city, post-Troubles Northern Ireland, documentaries, genres and festivals, this is the perfect resource for teachers, researchers and students. It sets down a marker for further writing in the discipline and is a model for National Cinema studies.' - Dr Ruth Barton, Department of Film, Trinity College Dublin 'Ireland and Cinema animates a wide-ranging and stimulating set of contemporary views, a timely volume working with a plurality of films that circulate within its boundaries. Of course in creating a space for contention there will be the inclusion of many arguable or disputable viewpoints, but they are an indispensable part of a dynamic discursive context. This is where creative and critical analysis has the potential to feed into politics and policy, and even practice.' - Professor Rod Stoneman, Huston School of Film and Visual Media, NUI Galway

• Notes on ContributorsForeword; Martin McLooneIntroduction; Barry MonahanPART I: POLITICS OF HOME, SPACE AND PLACE1. ' 'Nothin ' ' But a Wee Humble Cottage ' ': At Home in Irish Cinema; Conn Holohan 2. Gangland Geometries: Space, Mobility and Transgression in the Veronica Guerin Films; Jenny Knell3. ' 'Don ' 't Use Your Own Accents! ' ': Representations of Dublin ' 's Accents in Contemporary Film; Nicholas O ' 'Riordan4. Beyond Horror: Surviving Abuse in Carmel Winters ' ' Snap; Kathleen VejvodaPART II: IDENTITIES OF GENDER AND STARDOM5. Black and White and Green All Over? Emergent Irish Female Stardom in Contemporary Popular Cinemas; Ciara Barrett6. Transcending Parochial Borders? Jonathan Rhys Meyers is Henry VIII; Liz Carville7. Old and New Irish Ethnics: Exploring Ethnic and Gender Representation in P.S. I Love You; Silvia Dibeltulo8. Mediating between His & Hers: An Exploration of Gender Representations and Self-Representations; Patricia NevillePART III: NORTHERN IRELAND 9. From Belfast to Bamako: Cinema in the Era of Capitalist Realism; Stephen Baker and Greg McLaughlin10. ' 'Many Sides, Many Truths ' ': Collaborative Filmmaking in Transitional Northern Ireland; Laura Aguiar11. The Suffering Male Body in Steve McQueen ' 's Hunger; Raita Merivirta12. Mickybo and Me: A Cinematographic Adaptation for an International Audience; Brigitte BastiatPART IV: OVERSEAS PERSPECTIVES13. Singing in the Rain: The Irish-Themed Film Musical and Schlager ' 's Hibernian Moment; Fergal Lenehan14. Irish Cinema: a French Perspective; Isabelle Le Corff15. Is Adaptation an Act of Transformation? J.B. Keane ' 's The Field on Screen; Noélia Borges16. Irish Cinema in Italy: the Roma Irish Film Festa; Ciara Chambers and Barry MonahanBibliographyFilmographyIndex