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A companion to British and Irish cinema /

"The cinema was thus established as a medium of mass entertainment in Britain by the early 1910s, but it is a striking fact that in the present day there is very little knowledge of, or familiarity with, silent British films, directors and stars amongst the general public and even many cinephil...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hill, John (W. John) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019.
Series:Wiley-Blackwell companions to national cinemas.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Great Britain.
Motion pictures > Ireland.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • British silent cinema / Jon Burrows
  • Cinema in Ireland from the 1890s to the 1930s / Kevin Rockett
  • British cinema in the 1930s / Lawrence Napper
  • British cinema and the Second World War / James Chapman
  • The 1950s and 1960s / Melanie Williams
  • Irish cinema's first wave: histories and legacies of the 1970s and the 1980s / Maeve Connolly
  • History, heritage and the national past in British cinema of the 1980s and 1990s / Geoff Eley
  • Filming with words: British cinema, literature and adaptation / Christine Geraghty
  • British film genres / Peter Hutchings
  • British cinema and authorship / Sheldon Hall
  • Acting and stardom / Jim Leach
  • British and Irish film music / K.J. Donnelly
  • Irish cinema and international screen culture / Martin McLoone
  • Vernacular visions: Ireland and accented cinema / Luke Gibbons
  • British film industry and policy: issues and debates / Duncan Petrie
  • British cinema and technology / Sarah Street
  • Irish film: industry and policy / Roderick Flynn
  • British cinema and television / David Rolinson
  • Gender, sexuality and British cinema / Niall Richardson
  • Space, place and architecture in British films: the case of Last resort (2000) / Paul Newland
  • Gender, sexuality and Irish film / Debbie Ging
  • Space and place in Irish cinema / Conn Holohan
  • The proletariat and British cinema / Paul Dave
  • Race and ethnicity in British cinema / Sarita Malik
  • The Englishness of British cinema: beyond the valley of the corn dollies / Julian Petley
  • Trainspotter's delight: issues and themes in Scottish film criticism / Jonathan Murray
  • The cinema has two tongues: the cinema cultures of Wales / Daryl Perrins
  • Screening Irish-America / Ruth Barton
  • Transnational strategies in British cinema: the example of Slumdog millionaire / James F. English.