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Claremont Graduate University
Historical Accuracy and the IRA Over 70 Years of Cinema
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The purpose of this research is to examine how the Irish Republican Army has been represented in theatrical cinema since the 1930s. The goal is to demonstrate the necessity for historical accuracy in movies produced for public entertainment, which often neglect historical facts and circumstances in portraying an organization as controversial and complex as the IRA. This has been done by examining five movies produced for wide-distribution and comparing each to the detailed historical record. Upon analysis of these movies, it becomes clear that the films which are the most historically relevant are also the most powerful cinematic productions, both through emotional power and overall entertainment.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- History, MA
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Open Access Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- School of Arts and Humanities
- Year dc:date.available
- 2012
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Elliott, Eric Scott
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Janet F. Brodie
Subjects
dc:subject × 9Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/23
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1045