{"product_id":"fantastic-spaces-irish-cinema-and-the-supernatural-hardback-9780815638636","title":"Fantastic Spaces; Irish Cinema and the Supernatural (Hardback) 9780815638636","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFantastic Spaces\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIrish Cinema and the Supernatural\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew J. Fee (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780815638636\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages, 52 black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A valuable alternative take on Irish cinema that is original and focused.\" - Ruth Barton, author of \u003ci\u003eIrish Cinema in the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eThis is an exciting, well researched and original piece of work that seeks to productively bring into conversation a wide range of films from across the [relatively short] history of Irish film.\" - Tony Tracy, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Cottage, White House: Irish-American Masculinities in Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhile the connection between Ireland and the otherworldly has long been a staple of literature and the arts, it finds its most consistent and compelling expression in the medium of cinema. In the first comprehensive scholarly study of the fantastic in Irish film, Fantastic Space explores how the spatial dimensions of supernatural phenomena in Irish cinema interpret and engage with the dynamic changes that have swept across Ireland over the past four decades. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on a wide range of both canonical and lesser-known Irish films, Matthew J. Fee closely examines how the fantastic—including a multiplicity of supernatural occurrences and creatures drawn from Irish folklore as well as global popular culture—functions to make meaning across a period of profound social, political, and cultural transformation in Ireland. From providing platforms for female agency and interrogating rural heritage and nostalgic to articulating anxieties over modernization and globalization and questioning national identities, the fantastic spaces of Irish cinema reveal a sophisticated capacity to grapple with the complexities and contradictions of historical change.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681627500824,"sku":"9780815638636","price":53.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fantastic-spaces-irish-cinema-and-the-supernatural-hardback-9780815638636","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}