1. Queerly National and Nationally Queer: Paradoxes of an Irish Queer Cinema. Queer, Irish, Space -- 2. Mapping Ireland's Queer Films. First wave queer cinema, Celtic tiger queer cinema, Post-Celtic tiger queer cinema -- 3. Re-imagined Kinship and Failed Communities --queering the family. Pigs, The last bus home, Conclusion -- 4. The Contested Space of the Irish Pub --The male homosocial space of the Irish pub. A man of no importance, Garage, Concluson -- 5. Compartmentalised Cosmopolitans and Rigid Fluidity. Cowboys and angels, Goldfish memory, Situating Irish lesbianism within urban space -- 6. The Queerly Productive Constraints of Rural Space. Reefer and the model, Clash of the ash, The stag, Conclusion -- 7. Queer Mobilities and Disassociated Masculinities. I went down, The disappearance of Finbar and Breakfast on Pluto, Conclusion -- 8. Contested Belongings within Diasporic Space. Reconstituting "Home" within diaspora, 2by4, Borstal boy, Conclusiosn -- 9. The Irish Queer Short Film. The contestation of public space, Disrupting domestic space, The spatiality of lesbian desire -- Conclusion -- 10. Concluding Remarks -- Select Filmography.
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