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Jim Sheridan : framing the nation / Ruth Barton

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary Irish filmmakersPublication details: [Dublin] : Liffey Press, [2002]Description: xiv, 175 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1904148050
Subject(s): Scope and content: This book explores how embedded in the wider political concerns of his films are two overriding personal themes: father-son relationships and the aspirations of the young disadvantaged male to break free from the limitations of class and neighbourhood. The tensions between these two themes provide the films' narrative dynamic, while they can be read as allegories of his political concerns
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Includes interview with Jim Sheridan

Includes bibliographical references and index

This book explores how embedded in the wider political concerns of his films are two overriding personal themes: father-son relationships and the aspirations of the young disadvantaged male to break free from the limitations of class and neighbourhood. The tensions between these two themes provide the films' narrative dynamic, while they can be read as allegories of his political concerns

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