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An essential overview of the most exciting period in Scottish film history, an account which is both broad in historical scope and textually grounded in specific films

Table of Contents

Introduction: surveying Scottish cinema, 1979–present
1. ‘Raking over’ Local Hero again: national cinema, indigenous creativity and the international market
2. Mrs Brown: Scottish cinema in an age of devolved public service broadcasting
3. Lynne Ramsay, cross-over cinema and Morvern Callar
4. The many authors of Young Adam
5. Importing national cinema: Ken Loach, Ae Fond Kiss and multicultural Scottish cinema
6. Not British, Scottish?: The Last King of Scotland and post-imperial Scottish cinema
Conclusions
Index

Scottish Cinema Texts and Contexts

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/11/2014
      ISBN13: 9780719086359, 978-0719086359
      ISBN10: 719086353

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An essential overview of the most exciting period in Scottish film history, an account which is both broad in historical scope and textually grounded in specific films

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: surveying Scottish cinema, 1979–present
      1. ‘Raking over’ Local Hero again: national cinema, indigenous creativity and the international market
      2. Mrs Brown: Scottish cinema in an age of devolved public service broadcasting
      3. Lynne Ramsay, cross-over cinema and Morvern Callar
      4. The many authors of Young Adam
      5. Importing national cinema: Ken Loach, Ae Fond Kiss and multicultural Scottish cinema
      6. Not British, Scottish?: The Last King of Scotland and post-imperial Scottish cinema
      Conclusions
      Index

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