The representation of non-Irish immigrants in recent Irish films
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12303288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pilar Villar‐Argáiz (Universidad de Granada, corresponding author), Pilar Villar-Argaiz |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 466-486 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-29 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-0882 • E-ISSN: 1469-9303 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09670882.2014.961336 |
| OpenAlex | W2107507632 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper examines the representation of ethnic and racial minorities in Celtic Tiger and post-Celtic Tiger films such as Adam and Paul (2004), Pavee Lackeen (2005), Once (2006), The Front Line (2007), and New Boy (2007). Key areas of analysis include: how is immigration represented on screen? Whose character's point of view predominates? How much space do these ethnic minorities occupy in the shot? In order to answer these research questions, I draw on a plurality of theoretical paradigms currently employed in film theory, mainly narrative theory, critical race theory and feminist theory. As I show, the differences between these films are paramount and will inform the different ways in which recent Irish cinema represents racial and ethnic Otherness. In some films, immigrants appear mainly as decorative props and they largely function as cinematic elements which emphasise the marginalisation of other “inner” Irish outsiders, particularly drug addicts and Travellers. By contrast, other films make serious attempts to see “into” or “through” immigrant characters by fictionalising not only the point of view of natives but also of newcomers themselves
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Celtic Tiger · Character (mathematics · Ethnic group · Film studies · Film theory · Immigration · Irish · Linguistics · Literature · Movie theater · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |