Book Description
From Levi and Cohen, Irish Comedians (1903) to The Irishman (2019), this book is a fascinating journey through the history of representations of the Irish in American cinema.
Author : Piotr Szczypa
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 40,87 MB
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9004467971
From Levi and Cohen, Irish Comedians (1903) to The Irishman (2019), this book is a fascinating journey through the history of representations of the Irish in American cinema.
Author : Ruth Barton
Publisher :
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
The first academic study of Irish film stars in Hollywood, Acting Irish in Hollywood contains ten essays on leading Irish stars. Drawing on theories of emigration, ethnicity, gender and performance, this study is both analytical and historical. It discusses the reception of these actors in America and the kind of roles they have played, paying particular attention to the history and evolution of the Irish stereotype in Hollywood cinema. Drawing on press reviews, interviews and studio publicity, we see how these actors were promoted and how they used the media to create images of themselves.
Author : Jennifer Mooney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137476621
Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material, Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage was an important venue in which an Irish-American identity was constructed, negotiated, and refined.
Author : Keith Jeffery
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780719038730
Eight essays examine the experience and role of the Irish in the British empire during the 19th and 20th centuries, based on the understanding that, Ireland being less integrated, it differed from that of the other Celtic nations submerged in the United Kingdom. They discuss film, sport, India, the Irish military tradition, Irish unionists, Empire Day in Ireland from 1896 to 1962, Northern Irish businessmen, and Ulster resistance and loyalist rebellion. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Tony Tracy
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Irish Americans in motion pictures
ISBN : 9781438489087
"Argues that Irish American masculinity functioned to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in Hollywood cinema from 1930 to 1960. Examines portrayals of Irish American masculinity in Hollywood films, from James Cagney's "public enemy" to John Wayne's "quiet man""--
Author : Kerem Bayraktaroğlu
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 23,14 MB
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476666679
Focusing on the decade following 9/11, this critical analysis examines the various portrayals of Muslims in American cinema. Comparison of pre- and post-9/11 films indicates a stereotype shift, influenced by factors other than just politics. The evolving definitions of male, female and child characters and of setting and landscape are described. The rise of the formidable American female character who dominates the weak Muslim male emerges as a common theme.
Author : W. H. A. Williams
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 16,43 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Irish
ISBN : 9780252065514
The image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class citizens. In 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream, William H. A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than 700 pieces of sheet music--popular songs from the stage and for the parlor--to show how Americans' opinions of Ireland and the Irish went practically from one extreme to the other. Because sheet music was a commercial item it had to be acceptable to the broadest possible song-buying public. "Negotiations" about their image involved Irish songwriters, performers, and pressured groups, on the one hand, and non-Irish writers, publishers, and audiences on the other. Williams ties the contents of song lyrics to the history of the Irish diaspora, suggesting how ethnic stereotypes are created and how they evolve within commercial popular culture.
Author : Daniel Bernardi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1127 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 2017-07-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0313398402
This expansive three-volume set investigates racial representation in film, providing an authoritative cross-section of the most racially significant films, actors, directors, and movements in American cinematic history. Hollywood has always reflected current American cultural norms and ideas. As such, film provides a window into attitudes about race and ethnicity over the last century. This comprehensive set provides information on hundreds of films chosen based on scholarly consensus of their importance regarding the subject, examining aspects of race and ethnicity in American film through the historical context, themes, and people involved. This three-volume set highlights the most important films and artists of the era, identifying films, actors, or characterizations that were considered racist, were tremendously popular or hugely influential, attempted to be progressive, or some combination thereof. Readers will not only learn basic information about each subject but also be able to contextualize it culturally, historically, and in terms of its reception to understand what average moviegoers thought about the subject at the time of its popularity—and grasp how the subject is perceived now through the lens of history.
Author : Catharine E. Gartelos
Publisher :
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 2003
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Gerardine Meaney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,11 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1846318920
Examining an impressive length of Irish cultural history, from 1700–1960, Reading the Irishwoman explores the dynamisms of cultural encounter and exchange in Irish women's lives. Analyzing the popular and consumer cultures of a variety of eras, it traces how the circulation of ideas, fantasies, and aspirations shaped women's lives both in actuality and in imagination. The authors uncover a huge array of different representations that Irish women have been able to identify with, including heroine, patriot, philanthropist, actress, singer, model, and missionary. By studying this diversity of viable roles in the Irish woman's cultural world, the authors point to evidence of women's agency and aspiration that reached far beyond the domestic sphere.