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Cinemas of Ireland is a collection of fourteen essays which provide numerous approaches to the new Irish cinemascape from both an Irish and a European perspective. Highlighting the works of European scholars in Irish studies, it features a variety of noteworthy critical papers that explore the evolution of contemporary Irish cinema in an era of globalisation. The collection also stresses the rich interdisciplinary nature of Irish film studies, ranging from theoretical studies, gender studies, to political and historical studies. The list of films analysed includes among others Adam and Paul (2004), The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006), Garage (2007), The Brave One (2007). This collective volume is aimed at all established and emerging scholars who work on Irish cinema and at all the readers who are interested in discovering contemporary Irish cinema in its evolution and in the issues it tackles.

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IsabelleLe Corff is a lecturer in English and Film studies at l'Université de Bretagne Occidentale, IUFM de Bretagne, where she teaches Film and Media studies and Irish Film. Her research areas are Film in education, Film and culture and Irish Cinema.She has published numerous chapters in collected volumes. She is currently secretary general of l'AFECCAV (Association Française des Enseignants et Chercheurs en Cinéma et Audiovisuel)Estelle Epinoux is a lecturer at the university of Limoges (France) where she teaches courses in Irish history and Irish cinema. She is author of Introduction to Irish History and Civilization : Texts and Documents on Ireland (2007) and co-author of Cinémas irlandais (1996).

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