Ging Men and Masculinities in Irish Cinema

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-29193-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten

Reihe: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

Spanning a broad trajectory, from the New Gaelic Man of post-independence Ireland to the slick urban gangsters of contemporary productions, this study traces a significant shift from idealistic images of Irish manhood to a much more diverse and gender-politically ambiguous range of male identities on the Irish screen.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ging, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Gender and Nation: the Gaelicization of Irish Manhood Instruments of God's Will: Masculinity in Early Irish Film Institutional Boys: Adolescent Masculinity and Coming of Age in Ireland's 'Architecture of Containment' Family Guy: Detonating the Irish Nuclear Family It's Good to Talk? Language, Loquaciousness and Silence among Irish Cinema's Men in Crisis Troubled Bodies, Troubled Minds: Republicanism, Bromance and 'House-Training' the 'Men of Violence' New Lads or Protest Masculinities? Underclass, Criminal and Socially- Marginalised Men in the Films of the 1990s and 2000s Cool Hibernia: 'New Men', Metrosexuals, Celtic Soul and Queer Fellas Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

DEBBIE GING is Lecturer in film and media studies and Chairperson of the MA in Film and Television Studies at Dublin City University's School of Communications, Ireland. She has published extensively on issues of gender in the media and is co-author of Transforming Ireland: Challenges, Critiques, Resources (2009).