{"product_id":"the-black-irish-onscreen-representing-black-and-mixed-race-identities-on-irish-film-and-television-9783034308397","title":"The Black Irish Onscreen: Representing Black and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the position of black and mixed-race characters in Irish film culture. By exploring key film and television productions from the 1990s to the present day, the author uncovers and interrogates concepts of Irish identity, history and nation.\u003cbr\u003e In 2009, Ireland had the highest birth rate in Europe, with almost 24 per cent of births attributed to the ‘new Irish’. By 2013, 17 per cent of the nation was foreign-born. Ireland has always been a culturally diverse space and has produced a series of high-profile mixed-race stars, including Phil Lynott, Ruth Negga and Simon Zebo, among others. Through an analysis of screen visualizations of the black Irish, this study uncovers forgotten histories, challenges the perceived homogeneity of the nation, evaluates integration, and considers the future of the new Ireland. It makes a creative and significant theoretical contribution to scholarly work on the relationship between representation and identity in Irish cinema.\u003cbr\u003e This book was the winner of the 2011 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in Irish Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«[This book] is therefore a very fruitful read for scholars working on contemporary Irish cinema.»\u003cbr\u003e (Isabelle Le Corff, Black Camera, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Fall 2015))\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: ‘No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish’: Being Black and Irish in Neil Jordan’s \u003ci\u003eThe Crying Game\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and \u003ci\u003eBreakfast on Pluto\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) – Gendering the Other: Raced Women in Irish Television (\u003ci\u003eProsperity \u003c\/i\u003e(RTE, 2007)\u003ci\u003e, Love is The Drug \u003c\/i\u003e(RTE, 2004)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFair City \u003c\/i\u003e(RTE, 1989-present) – New Identities in the Irish Horror Film: \u003ci\u003eIsolation\u003c\/i\u003e (O’Brien, 2005) and \u003ci\u003eBoy Eats Girl \u003c\/i\u003e(Bradley, 2005) – Black and Mixed Masculinities in Irish Cinema: \u003ci\u003eThe Nephew \u003c\/i\u003e(Brady, 1998),\u003ci\u003e Irish Jam\u003c\/i\u003e (Eyres, 2006) and \u003ci\u003eThe Front Line \u003c\/i\u003e(Gleeson, 2006) – Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: \u003ci\u003eTrafficked\u003c\/i\u003e (O’Connor, 2009) and the Multicultural Irish Thriller – The Raced Stranger in Contemporary Cinema: \u003ci\u003eBetween the Canals\u003c\/i\u003e (O’Connor, 2011), \u003ci\u003eSensation \u003c\/i\u003e(Hall, 2010),\u003ci\u003e The Good Man \u003c\/i\u003e(Harrison, 2012) and\u003ci\u003e The Guard \u003c\/i\u003e(McDonagh, 2011).","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043618226519,"sku":"9783034308397","price":42.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783034308397.jpg?v=1750958896","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-black-irish-onscreen-representing-black-and-mixed-race-identities-on-irish-film-and-television-9783034308397","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}