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The Gun and Irish Politics - Examining National History in Neil Jordan's 'Michael Collins' (Paperback, New edition)
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The Gun and Irish Politics - Examining National History in Neil Jordan's 'Michael Collins' (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Reimagining Ireland, 11
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In the 1990s, Irish society was changing and becoming increasingly
international due to the rise of the 'Celtic Tiger'. At the same
time, the ongoing peace process in Northern Ireland also fuelled
debates on the definition of Irishness, which in turn seemed to
call for a critical examination of the birth of the Irish State, as
well as a rethinking and re-assessment of the nationalist past.
Neil Jordan's Michael Collins (1996), the most commercially
successful and talked-about Irish film of the 1990s, was a timely
contributor to this process. In providing a large-scale
representation of the 1916-1922 period, Michael Collins became the
subject of critical and popular controversy, demonstrating that
cinema could play a part in this cultural reimagining of Ireland.
Locating the film in both its historical and its cinematic context,
this book explores the depiction of events in Michael Collins and
the film's participation in the process of reimagining Irishness
through its public reception. The portrayal of the key figures of
Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera comes under special scrutiny as
the author assesses this pivotal piece of Irish history on screen.
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