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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1. Verfasser: Connelly, Mark, 1951-
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2012.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.