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Irish Queer Cinema
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Book Presentation:
An extensive critical study of cinematic representations of Irish queer masculinities
• Develops innovative spatial models of queer sociality as frameworks for analysing Irish films
• Provides readings of cinematic space to assess the impact of socio-economic change on Irish identity politics and patterns of cultural representation
• Uses queer theory to explore the relationship between Irish nationalist discourses, LGBTQ politics in Ireland and the increasing visibility of Irish queer identities on-screen
In recent years queer identities have become increasingly visible in Irish cinema, a shift that can be linked to political, economic and social changes taking place both in Ireland and around the world, as well as to changes in national film policy to cater more to international audiences. Irish Queer Cinema explores the sexual politics and socio-economic conditions that have determined the shape and evolution of these representations whilst interrogating the relationship between on-screen visibility and progressive sexual politics. Drawing together 23 films as depictive of an Irish queer cinema, including Clash of the Ash, The Crying Game and Me First, the book investigates the different ways gender and sexuality intersect with nationhood and national forms of belonging, and explores the role of queerness within the constitution of an Irish national culture.
About the Author:
Allison Macleod is a researcher in Film Studies whose primary research interests include representations of space and movement in film, the role of the national in shaping cinemas, and queer theory. She has published on issues of sexuality and space in the context of film, with articles in The Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Screen Bodies and Cinephile and a book chapter in Masculinity and Irish Popular Culture: Tiger’s Tales.
Press Reviews:
Irish Queer Cinema is a very necessary addition...it is a book that will be revisited and, commendably, will remain important as – hopefully – queer cinematic representation in Ireland continues to expand and diversify beyond that which is white, cisgender and male.– Abigail Keating, University College Cork, Estudios Irlandeses
A sophisticated and engaging addition to the academic literature on Irish cinema, Irish Queer Cinema offers an impressive series of theoretically informed close textual analyses to trace the development of onscreen queer sexualities over the past 40 years, arguing for an understanding of sexuality in cinema as spatially regulated and produced.– Conn Holohan, NUI Galway
Irish Queer Cinema offers a new perspective that focuses on queer identities and attends to the textual configuration of space that they entail. Such organisation of the argument, supported by detailed analysis of films that are uniquely brought together in this work, significantly challenges and extends the range of canonical Irish film texts. Avoiding the tired 'representations of ' approach that is too common in studies of national cinemas and writing with admirable lucidity and analytical precision Macleod has produced a sophisticated book that makes an exciting and original contribution to the literature on Irish cinema.– Professor Dimitris Eleftheriotis, University of Glasgow
See the publisher website: Edinburgh University Press
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