The Irish on the Silver Screen

Piotr Szczypa

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Pages:: 42–109

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004467972_004

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Abstract

The chapter consists of an analysis of American films produced in the years 1903–1967. This is preceded by a short introduction to the most important features of classical cinema, including the role of the Production Code and its impact on the display of violence. The analysis is divided into two main parts; the first one focuses on early Irish characters in American silent films. The second part consists of films made after 1930. It is divided into subchapters corresponding to the professions or social roles performed by the characters of the analyzed films; these include gangsters, Catholic priests, police officers, boxers, members of IRA, trade unions, and Irish American combatants especially those participating in World War II. Throughout the study, an increasingly more positive representation of the Irish is visible, with violence remaining a key part of the stereotype.

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Irish Stereotype in American Cinema

Stories of Violence

Series: Studia Imagologica, Volume: 29

Cover Irish Stereotype in American Cinema

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004467972

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 20 Jul 2021

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Front Matter

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 An Irish Colony across the Atlantic Ocean

Chapter 2 The Irish on the Silver Screen

Chapter 3 The Irish in New Hollywood

Chapter 4 Contemporary Hollywood

Chapter 5 Contemporary Hollywood

Conclusion

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