Table of Contents

Foreword; Martin McLoone

Introduction; Barry Monahan

PART I: POLITICS OF HOME, SPACE AND PLACE

1. ' 'Nothin ' ' But a Wee Humble Cottage ' ': At Home in Irish Cinema; Conn Holohan

2. Gangland Geometries: Space, Mobility and Transgression in the Veronica Guerin Films; Jenny Knell

3. ' 'Don ' 't Use Your Own Accents! ' ': Representations of Dublin ' 's Accents in Contemporary Film; Nicholas O ' 'Riordan

4. Beyond Horror: Surviving Abuse in Carmel Winters ' ' Snap; Kathleen Vejvoda

PART II: IDENTITIES OF GENDER AND STARDOM

5. Black and White and Green All Over? Emergent Irish Female Stardom in Contemporary Popular Cinemas; Ciara Barrett

6. Transcending Parochial Borders? Jonathan Rhys Meyers is Henry VIII; Liz Carville

7. Old and New Irish Ethnics: Exploring Ethnic and Gender Representation in P.S. I Love You; Silvia Dibeltulo

8. Mediating between His & Hers: An Exploration of Gender Representations and Self-Representations; Patricia Neville

PART III: NORTHERN IRELAND

9. From Belfast to Bamako: Cinema in the Era of Capitalist Realism; Stephen Baker and Greg McLaughlin

10. ' 'Many Sides, Many Truths ' ': Collaborative Filmmaking in Transitional Northern Ireland; Laura Aguiar

11. The Suffering Male Body in Steve McQueen ' 's Hunger; Raita Merivirta

12. Mickybo and Me: A Cinematographic Adaptation for an International Audience; Brigitte Bastiat

PART IV: OVERSEAS PERSPECTIVES

13. Singing in the Rain: The Irish-Themed Film Musical and Schlager ' 's Hibernian Moment; Fergal Lenehan

14. Irish Cinema: a French Perspective; Isabelle Le Corff

15. Is Adaptation an Act of Transformation? J.B. Keane ' 's The Field on Screen; Noélia Borges

16. Irish Cinema in Italy: the Roma Irish Film Festa; Ciara Chambers and Barry Monahan

Bibliography

Filmography

Index