Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, this book provides
a detailed account of Irish cinema in the twenty-first century, suitable
for students and lecturers alike. It covers new areas in Irish film
production such as the creative documentary, animation and horror, and
revisits key themes including the representation of history,
post-Troubles cinema and Northern Ireland, rural representations and the
cinema of the city.
The book is informed by theories of globalisation, the transnational,
cultural trauma and spatiality. One of its key concerns is the question
of gender representation, but it also looks at how the new social
structures of Ireland, from the Celtic Tiger to today, are treated in
the work of leading filmmakers such as Lenny Abrahamson, John Crowley,
Neil Jordan, the McDonagh brothers and Jim Sheridan. Focusing on
exemplary case studies, the book examines how high-profile films
straddle both the local and the global industries. In addition, each
chapter is preceded by the analysis of a short film.
Irish cinema in the twenty-first century is an important contribution
to debates on the possibility of a national cinema in the age of
globalisation. It will appeal to students and lecturers in film studies
and Irish studies, as well as general readers interested in contemporary
Irish cinema.
