Ireland and Cinema Culture and Contexts
The volume offers a broad range of academic approaches to contemporary and historical Irish filmmaking and representations of nationality, national identity, and theoretical questions around the construction of Ireland and Irishness on the screen.
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Ireland and Cinema Culture and Contexts Edited by
Barry Monahan University College Cork, Ireland
Selection, introduction and editorial matter © Barry Monahan 2015 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2015 Foreword © Martin McLoone 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-56410-1 ISBN 978-1-137-49636-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137496362 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ireland and cinema : culture and contexts / [editor] Barry Monahan, University College Cork, Ireland. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography. 1. Motion pictures—Ireland—History and criticism. 2. Ireland—In motion pictures. 3. Irish in motion pictures. I. Monahan, Barry, editor. II. Title. PN1993.5.I85I65 2015 791.4309415—dc23 2015014919
Contents
Foreword: Irish National Cinema – What Have We Wrought? Contemporary Thoughts on a Recent History Notes on Contributors
vii xviii
Introduction Barry Monahan
1
Part I Politics of Home, Space and Place 1 ‘Nothin’ But a Wee Humble Cottage’: At Home in Irish Cinema Conn Holohan
13
2 Gangland Geometries: Space, Mobility and Transgression in the Veronica Guerin Films Jenny Knell
24
3 ‘Don’t Use Your Own Accents!’: Representations of Dublin’s Accents in Contemporary Film Nicholas O’Riordan
35
4 Beyond Horror: Surviving Sexual Abuse in Carmel Winters’ Snap Kathleen Vejvoda
47
Part II Identities of Gender and Stardom 5 Black and White and Green All Over? Emergen
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