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A Companion to British and Irish Cinema
John Hill (Edited by), J Hill (Author)
9781118477519, Wiley
Hardback, published 28 June 2019
608 pages
24.6 x 17.8 x 3 cm, 1.179 kg
“Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.” - W. A. Vincent, Michigan State University for CHOICE Connect, February 2020 Vol. 57 No. 6 “This magnificent volume unfailingly demonstrates a sense of what the word ‘Companion’ in its title actually means. This is no ‘primer’ of entry-level chapters, although scholars unfamiliar with British and Irish cinema will learn much from it.” - Andrew Moor (Manchester Metropolitan University), Journal of British Cinema and Television 17.2 (2020): 273–287
A stimulating overview of the intellectual arguments and critical debates involved in the study of British and Irish cinemas British and Irish film studies have expanded in scope and depth in recent years, prompting a growing number of critical debates on how these cinemas are analysed, contextualized, and understood. A Companion to British and Irish Cinema addresses arguments surrounding film historiography, methods of textual analysis, critical judgments, and the social and economic contexts that are central to the study of these cinemas. Twenty-nine essays from many of the most prominent writers in the field examine how British and Irish cinema have been discussed, the concepts and methods used to interpret and understand British and Irish films, and the defining issues and debates at the heart of British and Irish cinema studies. Offering a broad scope of commentary, the Companion explores historical, cultural and aesthetic questions that encompass over a century of British and Irish film studies—from the early years of the silent era to the present-day. Divided into five sections, the Companion discusses the social and cultural forces shaping British and Irish cinema during different periods, the contexts in which films are produced, distributed and exhibited, the genres and styles that have been adopted by British and Irish films, issues of representation and identity, and debates on concepts of national cinema at a time when ideas of what constitutes both ‘British’ and ‘Irish’ cinema are under question. A Companion to British and Irish Cinema is a valuable and timely resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of film, media, and cultural studies, and for those seeking contemporary commentary on the cinemas of Britain and Ireland.
About the Editor viii Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1 Part I Histories: Issues and Debates 5 1 British Silent Cinema 7 2 Cinema in Ireland from the 1890s to the 1930s 29 3 British Cinema in the 1930s 49 4 British Cinema and the Second World War 67 5 The 1950s and 1960s 84 6 Irish Cinema’s First Wave: Histories and Legacies of the 1970s and the 1980s 106 7 History, Heritage and the National Past in British Cinema of the 1980s and 1990s 127 Part II Critical Approaches: Debating Film Texts 141 8 Filming with Words: British Cinema, Literature and Adaptation 143 9 British Film Genres 158 10 British Cinema and Authorship 177 11 Acting and Stardom 201 12 British and Irish Film Music 217 13 Irish Cinema and International Screen Culture 234 14 Vernacular Visions: Ireland and Accented Cinema 260 Part III Critical Approaches: Debating Film Contexts 275 15 British Film Industry and Policy: Issues and Debates 277 16 British Cinema and Technology 298 17 Irish Film: Industry and Policy 313 18 British Cinema and Television 332 Part IV Representation and Identity 347 19 Gender, Sexuality, and British Cinema 349 20 Space, Place, and Architecture in British Films: The Case of Last Resort (2000) 372 21 Gender, Sexuality, and Irish Film 386 22 Space and Place in Irish Cinema 407 23 The Proletariat and British Cinema 423 24 Race and Ethnicity in British Cinema 443 Part V Redefining ‘British’ and ‘Irish’ Cinemas 461 25 The Englishness of British Cinema: Beyond the Valley of the Corn Dollies 463 26 Trainspotter’s Delight: Issues and Themes in Scottish Film Criticism 490 27 The Cinema Has Two Tongues: The Cinema Cultures of Wales 510 28 Screening Irish‐America 532 29 Transnational Strategies in British Cinema: The Example of Slumdog Millionaire 545 Index 565
John Hill
Jon Burrows
Kevin Rockett
Lawrence Napper
James Chapman
Melanie Williams
Maeve Connolly
Geoff Eley
Christine Geraghty
Peter Hutchings
Sheldon Hall
Jim Leach
K. J. Donnelly
Martin McLoone
Luke Gibbons
Duncan Petrie
Sarah Street
Roderick Flynn
David Rolinson
Niall Richardson
Paul Newland
Debbie Ging
Conn Holohan
Paul Dave
Sarita Malik
Julian Petley
Jonathan Murray
Daryl Perrins
Ruth Barton
James F. English
Subject Areas: Society & culture: general [JF]
