Hibernian Green on the Silver Screen: The Irish and American MoviesThis study explores the relationship of an ethnic group of vital importance in America's history--the Irish--and a preeminently American art form and business--the movies. Curran maintains that movies reflected and influenced their viewers' perceptions of the Irish and that both the movies and the Irish who made them facilitated the assimilation of the Irish ethnic group into American society. The initial chapter traces the history of Irish immigration to America, concentrating on the experiences of Irish Catholic immigrants to the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century. Irish-American involvement in the movie industry dates from its beginnings in the Nickelodeon Era at the turn of the twentieth century. From that time until their replacement by sound movies around 1930, silent films helped to popularize the Irish ethnic group while simultaneously transmitting assimilationist values to its members and other ethnic minorities. |
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Contents
THE SILENTS | 15 |
COMING OF AGE THE 1930S | 39 |
IRISH NONPAREIL | 73 |
Copyright | |
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Hibernian Green on the Silver Screen: The Irish and American Movies Joseph M. Curran No preview available - 1989 |