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Screening Ulster : cinema and the Unionists / Richard Gallagher.

9783031234361 electronic book
3031234367 electronic book
9783031234354
3031234359

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

English

1 online resource (ix, 194 pages)

10.1007/978-3-031-23436-1 doi

PN1995.9.N37 G35 2023

791.43/658416

This book presents extensive research into the cinematic representation of the British-identifying Protestant, unionist and loyalist community in Northern Ireland and is the first time such comprehensive analysis has been produced. Gallagher's research traces the history of the community's representation in cinema from the emergence of depictions of both nationalist and unionist communities in social-realist dramas in 1980s British and Irish cinema to today, through periods such as those focused on violent paramilitaries in the 1990s and irreverent comedy after the Northern Ireland peace process. The book addresses the perception that the Irish nationalist community has been depicted more frequently and favourably than unionism in films about the period of conflict known as "The Troubles". Often argued to be the result of an Irish nationalist bias within Hollywood, Gallagher argues that there are other inherent and systemic reasons for this cinematic deficit.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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