A Companion to British and Irish Cinema

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Edited by John Hill

Type: Studies
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
Keywords: Great Britain, Ireland
Publishing date: 2019
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Collection: Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas
Language: English

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Hardcover • 608 pages
7 x 9 ¾ inches (18 x 24.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-118-47751-9

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Book Presentation:
A stimulating overview of the intellectual arguments and critical debates involved in the study of British and Irish cinemas

British and Irish film studies have expanded in scope and depth in recent years, prompting a growing number of critical debates on how these cinemas are analysed, contextualized, and understood. A Companion to British and Irish Cinema addresses arguments surrounding film historiography, methods of textual analysis, critical judgments, and the social and economic contexts that are central to the study of these cinemas. Twenty-nine essays from many of the most prominent writers in the field examine how British and Irish cinema have been discussed, the concepts and methods used to interpret and understand British and Irish films, and the defining issues and debates at the heart of British and Irish cinema studies.

Offering a broad scope of commentary, the Companion explores historical, cultural and aesthetic questions that encompass over a century of British and Irish film studies―from the early years of the silent era to the present-day. Divided into five sections, the Companion discusses the social and cultural forces shaping British and Irish cinema during different periods, the contexts in which films are produced, distributed and exhibited, the genres and styles that have been adopted by British and Irish films, issues of representation and identity, and debates on concepts of national cinema at a time when ideas of what constitutes both ‘British’ and ‘Irish’ cinema are under question.

A Companion to British and Irish Cinema is a valuable and timely resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of film, media, and cultural studies, and for those seeking contemporary commentary on the cinemas of Britain and Ireland.

About the Author:
John Hill is Professor of Media, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of Sex, Class and Realism: British Cinema 195663, British Cinema in the 1980s, Cinema and Northern Ireland: Film, Culture and Politics, and Ken Loach: The Politics of Film and Television as well as being the co-author of Cinema and Ireland.

Press Reviews:
"Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." - W. A. Vincent, Michigan State University for CHOICE Connect, February 2020 Vol. 57 No. 6

"This magnificent volume unfailingly demonstrates a sense of what the word ‘Companion’ in its title actually means. This is no ‘primer’ of entry-level chapters, although scholars unfamiliar with British and Irish cinema will learn much from it." - Andrew Moor (Manchester Metropolitan University), Journal of British Cinema and Television 17.2 (2020): 273–287

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