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Irish masculinity on screen : the pugilists and peacemakers of John Ford, Jim Sheridan and Paul Greengrass

Title
Irish masculinity on screen : the pugilists and peacemakers of John Ford, Jim Sheridan and Paul Greengrass / Joseph Paul Moser.
Author
Moser, Joseph Paul, 1978-
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]

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Description
ix, 203 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Examining images of gender and violence through the lens of representation studies, this book analyzes selected works of three influential artists of the Irish cinema who span the period from 1939 to the present. These three filmmakers explore fundamental questions about identity, patriarchy and violence within Irish and Irish-American contexts, and upset conventional notions of masculine authority"--
Subject
  • Ford, John, 1894-1973 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Sheridan, Jim, 1949- > Criticism and interpretation
  • Greengrass, Paul > Criticism and interpretation
  • Masculinity in motion pictures
  • Irish in motion pictures
  • Ireland > In motion pictures
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-196) and index.
Contents
A fragile liberalism: Gender in John Ford's pre-World War II cinema -- The persistence of patriarchy: Gender and politics in John Ford's later films -- Assimilation, integration, continuity and critique: Gender and genre in the Hollywood Irish cinemas of John Ford and Jim Sheridan -- Jim Sheridan: Reconstructing the family, redefining the nation -- Alternative masculinity and Irish historical trauma in Paul Greengrass's Bloody Ssunday and Omagh.
Call Number
MFL 13-5558
ISBN
  • 9780786474165 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 0786474165 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2013010877
  • 40022545276
OCLC
817595759
Author
Moser, Joseph Paul, 1978-
Title
Irish masculinity on screen : the pugilists and peacemakers of John Ford, Jim Sheridan and Paul Greengrass / Joseph Paul Moser.
Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-196) and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40022545276
Research Call Number
MFL 13-5558
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