[Commlist] New book: Gaelic Games on Film

Please find information below on my new book, */Gaelic Games on Film: 
From silent films to Hollywood hurling, horror and the emergence of 
Irish cinema/*, just published by Cork University Press that may be of 
interest to MECCSA list members.

*/Gaelic Games on Film: From silent films to Hollywood hurling, horror 
and the emergence of Irish cinema/*(Cork University Press2019) by Seán 
Crosson
ISBN:9781782052470
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Gaelic games have repeatedly provided filmmakers and producers with a 
resonant motif through which they have represented perceived aspects of 
Irish identity, perceived as these representations have been neither 
straightforward nor unproblematic: in international productions in 
particular, Gaelic games have been employed on occasion as a short hand 
for regressive stereotypes associated with Irish people, including their 
alleged propensity for violence. For indigenous producers, on the other 
hand, Gaelic games afforded distinctive Irish cultural practices and as 
such were featured to promote and affirm the Irish nation, particularly 
as an indigenous film culture began to emerge in the aftermath of World 
War II. As the twentieth century developed, a critical turn became 
evident within indigenous productions featuring Gaelic games though the 
dominant stereotypes of the past have continued to appear, particularly 
in international productions.

This study provides the first major monograph examination of filmic 
representations of Gaelic games, charting these representations from the 
earliest years of the twentieth century, including silent films such as 
/Knocknagow/(1918) to more recent productions /Michael Collins /(1996) 
and /The Wind that Shakes the Barley/(2006). Among the areas examined 
are newsreel depictions of Gaelic games; Hollywood’s fascination with 
hurling in the mid-20th century (including in the work of Oscar-winning 
director John Ford), which led to a range of productions featuring the 
sport culminating with the Oscar-nominated short /Three 
Kisses/(Paramount, 1955); the importance of the depictions of Gaelic 
games to the emergence of a distinctive Irish film culture post WWII; 
and the role of Gaelic games in contemporary cinema.


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/Gaelic Games on Film/will be launched by Dr. Paul Rouse (School of 
History, UCD) on Wednesday, 15 May at 6pm in the Irish Film Institute, 6 
Eustace St, Temple Bar, Dublin,a*nd all are welcome. *The launch will be 
followed at 7pm by screenings of relevant films featuring Gaelic games, 
including /Rooney/(1958). Further information on the screenings is 
available here:https://ifi.ie/rooney-from-the-vaults/
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*Further book information, including ordering details, is available at 
<http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415569934/>**https://www.corkuniversitypress.com/Gaelic-Games-on-Film-p/9781782052470.htm*
*REVIEW COPIES*
If you would like to request a copy of the book to review for a journal 
or other publication, please contact Mike Collins at (mike.collins /at/ ucc.ie)

*ABOUT THE AUTHOR:*
Seán Crosson is Co-Director of the MA (Sports Journalism and 
Communication) and Director of Graduate Research and Teaching in the 
Huston School of Film & Digital Media, National University of Ireland 
Galway. His previous publications include /Sport and Film/(Routledge, 
2013) and (as co-editor) /Sport, Representation and Evolving Identities 
in Europe/(Peter Lang, 2010).
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