Jim Sheridan's The Field and the Memory of Dispossessed Irishness.
The article analyzes the film "The Field," by John B. Keane and adapted by Jim Sheridan. Topics discussed include the consideration of he film as an example of the utilization of a collective memory of dispossession for the identity of Ireland, the focus of the film on tenant farmer and patriarchal...
| Publicado en: | Nordic Irish Studies Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 111 - 129 |
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| Formato: | Film/TV Criticism and Review |
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Centre for Irish Studies in Aarhus & Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies
2014
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| Sumario: | The article analyzes the film "The Field," by John B. Keane and adapted by Jim Sheridan. Topics discussed include the consideration of he film as an example of the utilization of a collective memory of dispossession for the identity of Ireland, the focus of the film on tenant farmer and patriarchal figure named Bull McCabe, and the nationalist myth used in film. |
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