Genre and Cinema: Ireland and TransnationalismBrian McIlroy This impressive volume takes a broad critical look at Irish and Irish-related cinema through the lens of genre theory and criticism. Secondary and related objectives of the book are to cover key genres and sub-genres and account for their popularity. The result offers new ways of looking at Irish cinema. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I
Genre Ireland and theory | 9 |
PART II Genre Ireland and Hollywood | 59 |
PART III Transnational and transformational contexts | 109 |
PART IV Genre and the Irish short film | 149 |
PART V Jordan gothic horror | 177 |
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