The volume offers a broad range of academic approaches to contemporary and historical Irish filmmaking and representations of nationality, national identity, and theoretical questions around the construction of Ireland and Irishness on the screen.Notes on Contributors Foreword; Martin McLoone Introduction; Barry Monahan PART I: POLITICS OF HOME, SPACE AND PLACE 1. ' 'Nothin ' ' But a Wee Humble Cottage ' ': At Home in Irish Cinema; Conn Holohan 2. Gangland Geometries: Space, Mobility and Transgression in the Veronica Guerin Films; Jenny Knell 3. ' 'Don ' 't Use Your Own Accents! ' ': Representations of Dublin ' 's Accents in Contemporary Film; Nicholas O ' 'Riordan 4. Beyond Horror: Surviving Abuse in Carmel Winters ' ' Snap; Kathleen Vejvoda PART II: IDENTITIES OF GENDER AND STARDOM 5. Black and White and Green All Over? Emergent Irish Female Stardom in Contemporary Popular Cinemas; Ciara Barrett 6. Transcending Parochial Borders? Jonathan Rhys Meyers is Henry VIII; Liz Carville 7. Old and New Irish Ethnics: Exploring Ethnic and Gender Representation in P.S. I Love You; Silvia Dibeltulo 8. Mediating between His & Hers: An Exploration of Gender Representations and Self-Representations; Patricia Neville PART III: NORTHERN IRELAND 9. From Belfast to Bamako: Cinema in the Era of Capitalist Realism; Stephen Baker and Greg McLaughlin 10. ' 'Many Sides, Many Truths ' ': Collaborative Filmmaking in Transitional Northern Ireland; Laura Aguiar 11. The Suffering Male Body in Steve McQueen ' 's Hunger; Raita Merivirta 12. Mickybo and Me: A Cinematographic Adaptation for an International Audience; Brigitte Bastiat PART IV: OVERSEAS PERSPECTIVES 13. Singing in the Rain: The Irish-Themed Film Musical and Schlager ' 's Hibernian Moment; Fergal Lenehan 14. Irish Cinema: a French Perspective; Isablƒ+