The Great Pretenders
By Eamon Maher & Carlos Menéndez OteroPublisher Description
Carlos Menéndez-Otero holds PhDs in English studies and in communications and journalism. He is a member of the research group «Otras Lenguas» (OLE-6) and an associate professor at the Faculties of Humanities, and Commerce, Tourism, and Social Sciences at the University of Oviedo, Spain. His main research relates to the Irish audiovisual industry and classic Hollywood and British films about Ireland and its diaspora, on which he has published over twenty papers and the volume Irlanda y los irlandeses en el cine popular (1910–1970) (2017). Other interests include Irish and Irish-American history and culture, dubbing, television series, regional television, film criticism, and ESP learning and teaching. His most recent work before the present book is the co-edited (with Raquel Serrano-González) volume Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain: Notes on a Shared History (2021), also published by Peter Lang.
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About Eamon Maher
Carlos Menéndez-Otero holds PhDs in English studies and in communications and journalism. He is a member of the research group «Otras Lenguas» (OLE-6) and an associate professor at the Faculties of Humanities, and Commerce, Tourism, and Social Sciences at the University of Oviedo, Spain. His main research relates to the Irish audiovisual industry and classic Hollywood and British films about Ireland and its diaspora, on which he has published over twenty papers and the volume Irlanda y los irlandeses en el cine popular (1910–1970) (2017). Other interests include Irish and Irish-American history and culture, dubbing, television series, regional television, film criticism, and ESP learning and teaching. His most recent work before the present book is the co-edited (with Raquel Serrano-González) volume Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain: Notes on a Shared History (2021), also published by Peter Lang.
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