"Racism's part of my culture": Nation, race and humour in Irish Jam (2006) and The Guard (2011)

This article applies theories of humour (incongruity, superiority, relief) to a reading of the films Irish Jam (John Eyres, 2006) and The Guard (John Michael McDonagh, 2011) in order to interrogate their depiction of racial, national and cultural stereotypes and differences. Both films combine eleme...

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Main Author: Loretta Goff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University College Cork 2017-07-01
Series:Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
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Online Access:http://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue13/HTML/ArticleGoff.html