Irish Stereotype in American Cinema
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-46796-5 (ISBN)
Discussing the role of violence in the Irish stereotype, this book is a fascinating story of the changing perception of the Irish in America as told by American cinema. From Levi and Cohen, Irish Comedians (1903) to The Irishman (2019), some of the productions analyzed here are timeless classics; others have almost been forgotten. What they have in common is the presence of violence as the key ingredient in the construction of Irish characters. In his insightful study, Piotr Szczypa employs imagological perspective to investigate the evolution of their portrayal in American films, showing not only how the Irish have adjusted to America but also how America has embraced Irishness.
Piotr Szczypa, PhD 2016 (MCSU), is an Assistant Professor at Maria Curie Skłodowska University (MCSU) in Lublin, Poland. He has published on film studies, new media, and convergence culture.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Violence and the Irish
1 An Irish Colony Across The Atlantic Ocean
1The Irish in Colonial America
2The American War of Independence
3The Great Famine Period
4Irish Americans in the 20th Century: Divided We Stand
5Irish Americans and Irish Nationalism
6The Second World War: The Irish Fall from Grace
7The Troubles
8The Irish in American Popular Culture
2 The Irish on The Silver Screen
1Irish Film Characters of the Silent Film Era
2The Classical Period since 1930
2.1Violent Ways: The Irish as Gangsters
2.2Against Violence: Irish American Catholic Priests
2.3Irish Police Officers
2.4Destroyed by Violence: Irish Boxers
2.5IRA Films
2.6The Irish and Union Violence
2.7Irish American Combatants
3 The Irish in New Hollywood
1Don Siegel’s Dan Madigan and Harry Callahan
2Ted Post’s Magnum Force and James Fargo’s The Enforcer
3Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle: The French Connection
4Union Violence
5Gangsters and Boxers: Old and Tired
6Other Representations of the Irish in New Hollywood
4 Contemporary Hollywood: The Irish as Outlaw Heroes
1Irish Cops: Labeled as Irish
1.1The Twilight of Dirty Harry
1.2The Dawn (and Twilight) of John McClane
1.3The Irish Killing Machine: Robocop
2Northern Irish Republicanism
3Irish Gangs: The Great Return
4Irish American Vigilantism
5 Contemporary Hollywood: The Irish as Official Heroes
1Irish American Law Enforcement
2Firefighters in the Irish American Bildungsroman
3New Boxers in Irish America
4Other Violent Characters
5The Irish Ethnotype in Contemporary American Cinema
Conclusion
Filmography
Works Cited
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 06.08.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Studia Imagologica ; 29 |
Verlagsort | Leiden |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 607 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 90-04-46796-3 / 9004467963 |
ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-46796-5 / 9789004467965 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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