The IRA on film and television a history /
"The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in North Ireland. This illustrated history analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s"-...
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| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers,
2012.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The Troubles I: the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War
- The big fellow: Michael Collins
- The shamrock and the swastika
- The Troubles II
- The classics: the informer and odd man out
- American angles
- International intrigue
- The gangster film: criminalizing the IRA
- Themes and characters
- Post troubles?
- Conclusion.