Brigadoon, Braveheart and the Scots

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  • Brigadoon, Braveheart and the Scots Book Detail

  • Author : Colin McArthur
  • Release Date : 2003-09-26
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Genre : Performing Arts
  • Pages : 241
  • ISBN 13 : 0857711016
  • File Size : 12,12 MB
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Brigadoon, Braveheart and the Scots by Colin McArthur PDF Summary

Book Description: The films "Brigadoon" and "Braveheart" have an enormous resonance both for Scots throughout the world and the wide audience of non-Scots for whom such films provide general impressions of "Scottishness". This provocative book discusses the films' representations of Scotland and the Scots, looking at that cluster of images and stories whereby Scotland is (mis)recognized and yet often comes to be "known". Colin McArthur explores "Brigadoon" and documents the contempt the film has elicited, particularly from the Scots intelligentsia. He succumbs to "Brigadoon's" charm, but finds no such mitigating features in "Braveheart". Tracing the film's appropriation by political, touristic and sporting figures, he argues that, far from being "about" Scottish history, it is primarily "about" Hollywood and its cinematic traditions. He looks at the way film distorts history and examines "Braveheart's" sinister appeal to the proto-fascist psyche.

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Brigadoon, Braveheart and the Scots

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The films "Brigadoon" and "Braveheart" have an enormous resonance both for Scots throughout the world and the wide audience of non-Scots for whom such films pro

Directory of World Cinema: Scotland

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