{"product_id":"brigadoon-braveheart-and-the-scots-colin-mcarthur-9781860649271","title":"Brigadoon, Braveheart and the Scots: Distortions of Scotland in Hollywood Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis provocative book follows MGM's Gene Kelly musical \u003ci\u003eBrigadoon \u003c\/i\u003ethrough the worlds of 1940s Broadway theatre and 1950s Hollywood and documents the contempt the film has elicited, particularly from the Scots intelligentsia. McArthur succumbs to \u003ci\u003eBrigadoon's \u003c\/i\u003echarm, but finds no such mitigating features in Mel Gibson's 1995 blockbuster \u003ci\u003eBraveheart\u003c\/i\u003e. Tracing \u003ci\u003eBraveheart\u003c\/i\u003e's appropriation by political, touristic and sporting figures, he argues that, far from its being about Scottish history, it is primarily about Hollywood's generic forms and cinematic traditions. He looks too at the way the film distorts history and examines \u003ci\u003eBraveheart\u003c\/i\u003e's sinister appeal to the proto-fascist psyche. McArthur argues that both films have enormous resonance within Scottish culture and the Scots diaspora and, crucially, for a vast worldwide audience who may have no other knowledge of the Scots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin McArthur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1860649270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781860649271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.16w x 0.93d","brand":"Colin McArthur","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46881142898943,"sku":"9781860649271","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc020c29-e5ba-4d96-a91a-3b06bec6fc90.jpg?v=1747970804","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brigadoon-braveheart-and-the-scots-colin-mcarthur-9781860649271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}