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"Brigadoon", "Braveheart" and the Scots - Distortions of Scotland in Hollywood Cinema (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,941
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"Brigadoon", "Braveheart" and the Scots - Distortions of Scotland in Hollywood Cinema (Hardcover): Colin McArthur

"Brigadoon", "Braveheart" and the Scots - Distortions of Scotland in Hollywood Cinema (Hardcover)

Colin McArthur

Series: Cinema and Society

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The films "Brigadoon" and "Braveheart" have an enormous resonance both for Scots throughout the world and the wide audience of non-Scots for whom such films provide general impressions of "Scottishness". This provocative book discusses the films' representations of Scotland and the Scots, looking at that cluster of images and stories whereby Scotland is (mis)recognized and yet often comes to be "known". Colin McArthur explores "Brigadoon" and documents the contempt the film has elicited, particularly from the Scots intelligentsia. He succumbs to "Brigadoon's" charm, but finds no such mitigating features in "Braveheart". Tracing the film's appropriation by political, touristic and sporting figures, he argues that, far from being "about" Scottish history, it is primarily "about" Hollywood and its cinematic traditions. He looks at the way film distorts history and examines "Braveheart's" sinister appeal to the proto-fascist psyche.

General

Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cinema and Society
Release date: September 2003
First published: December 2003
Authors: Colin McArthur
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 978-1-86064-927-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
LSN: 1-86064-927-0
Barcode: 9781860649271

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