Feelings and Facts
Agency in Northern Irish Cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21785115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennie Carlsten (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 345-364 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of British Cinema and Television (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1743-4521 • E-ISSN: 1755-1714 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/jbctv.2023.0680 |
| OpenAlex | W4382680567 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Northern Irish cinema has long had an ambivalent relationship to the representation of history, sometimes implicitly rejecting ‘rational’ or ‘objective’ approaches in favour of emphasising the untidy and subjective emotions of its historical narratives. More recently, the films made in and about Northern Ireland have reflected a loss of agency, in particular, the sense of efficacy, locus of control and prospection which creates a belief in our ability to change our environment. Meanwhile, neoliberalism, placing the responsibility for recovery on the individual while removing systems of economic, social and cultural support, creates the conditions under which this loss of agency becomes crisis. The promotion of individual interest obstructs collective political action and progressive change. This article considers the representation of agency in two recent films about the Troubles, Belfast (2022) and I Am Belfast (2015), suggesting that film can – but does not necessarily – offer a space for emotional reflection and restoration of agency
Aesthetics · Ambivalence · Art · Art history · Feeling · Irish · Literature · Media studies · Movie theater · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sense of agency · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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History and memory in modern Ireland
Agency in Greco-Roman philosophy
Troubled Generations? (De)Constructing Narratives of Youth Experience in the Northern Ireland Conflict
Northern Ireland's elusive peace dividend
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |