5 The History of Film and Cinema

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. FRAMING THE DISCUSSION
5. 1 A Cause Still Unwon: The Struggle to Represent Scotland 1
6. 2 Scots, English and Community Languages in the Scottish Media 20
7. 3 Communications Policy 35
8. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
9. 4 The History of the Press 53
10. 5 The History of Film and Cinema 71
11. 6 Broadcasting: From Birth to Devolution . . . and Beyond 87
12. SCREEN AND SOUND
13. 7 Three Ring Circus: Television Drama about, by and for Scotland 105
14. 8 ‘Nae Bevvying, Nae Skiving’: Language and Community in the Scottish Soap Opera 123
15. 9 Broadcast Comedy 137
16. 10 Contemporary Scottish Cinema 151
17. 11 Radio and Popular Music 166
18. THEMES AND FUTURES
19. 12 Gender, Spaces, Changes: Emergent Identities in a Scotland in Transition 181
20. 13 Race and Ethnicity in the Media 199
21. 14 Gaelic, the Media and Scotland 213
22. 15 The Scottish Media and Politics 227
23. 16 A View from Westminster 243
24. 17 A View from Holyrood 248
25. 18 Media Sport 253
26. Select Bibliography 271
27. Notes on Contributors 273
28. Index 275