Screening Ireland: Film and Television Representation - Softcover

Pettitt, Lance

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071905270X ISBN 13: 9780719052705

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Screening Ireland examines a century of screen representations of Ireland from a cultural studies perspective. Skillfully analyzing historical and contemporary examples from both film and television, this innovative book provides a clear, theoretically-informed synthesis of the most influential research on Irish audio-visual culture in the last decade.

About this title

About the Author:

Lance Pettitt is Senior Lecturer in Irish Studies at St Mary's College, London, where he is also Co-Director of the Centre for Irish Studies.

Review:

"Screening Ireland is an important book...an essential tool for those of us interested in Irish film and television."--Robert Savage, Irish Literary Supplement

“It is lucidly written and meticulously referenced, informative without being patronizing.” —Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

“No one who has a serious interest in Irish electronic media should be without Lance Pettitt's Screening Ireland.” —New Hibernia Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 071905270X
• ISBN 13: 9780719052705
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288