The Myth of an Irish Cinema: Approaching Irish-Themed Films

by Michael Patrick Gillespie

Book Overview

For the past seventy years the discipline of film studies has widely invoked the term national cinema. Such a concept suggests a unified identity with distinct cultural narratives. As the current debate over the meaning of nation and nationalism has made thoughtful readers question the term, its application to the field of film studies has become the subject of recent interrogation. In The Myth of an Irish Cinema, Michael Patrick Gillespie presents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815631936
• ISBN13: 9780815631934
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"