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Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s

Author : David L. Pike
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442698322
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s written by David L. Pike and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author David L. Pike offers a unique focus on the crucial quarter-century in Canadian filmmaking when the industry became a viable force on the international stage. Pike provides a lively, personal, and accessible history of the most influential filmmakers and movements of both Anglo-Canadian and Quebecois cinema, from popular movies to art film and everything in between. Along with in-depth studies of key directors, including David Cronenberg, Patricia Rozema and Denys Arcand, Jean-Claude Lauzon, Robert Lepage, Léa Pool, Atom Egoyan, and Guy Maddin, Canadian Cinema since the 1980s reflects on major themes and genres and explores the regional and cultural diversity of the period. Pike positions Canadian filmmaking at the frontlines of a profound cinematic transformation in the age of global media and presents fresh perspectives on both its local and international contexts. Making a significant advance in the study of the film industry of the period, Canadian Cinema since the 1980s is also an ideal text for students, researchers, and Canadian film enthusiasts.

Canadian Dreams and American Control

Author : Manjunath Pendakur
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814319994
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Dreams and American Control written by Manjunath Pendakur and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Canadian film industry from its inception to 1980s, providing a chronological record of the conflicting priorities between American capital, which seeks to shape the Canadian film industry to its own image, and Canada's stated goal, which is to serve the Canadian people with films autonomously conceived, produced, and exhibited.

Authors and Audiences

Author : Clarence Karr
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773521094
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Authors and Audiences written by Clarence Karr and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2000 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1890s through the 1920s, the best-selling fiction of Ralph Connor, Robert Stead, Nellie McClung, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Arthur Stringer was internationally recognized. In this intriguing cultural history of the conception, production, and reception of popular fiction, Clarence Karr challenges the common assumption that best sellers are a conservative cultural influence, reflecting and promoting traditional values. By focusing on a society and its cultural leaders at a period when they were coming to grips with modernity, Karr provides a new perspective on popular culture and the interaction between readers and popular authors.

One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema

Author : George Melnyk
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802084446
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema written by George Melnyk and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melnyk argues passionately that Canadian cinema has never been a singular entity, but has continued to speak in the languages and in the voices of Canada's diverse population.

The City Symphony Phenomenon

Author : Steven Jacobs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317215575
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The City Symphony Phenomenon written by Steven Jacobs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of the city symphony, an experimental film form that presented the city as protagonist instead of mere decor. Combining experimental, documentary, and narrative practices, these films were marked by a high level of abstraction reminiscent of high-modernist experiments in painting and photography. Moreover, interwar city symphonies presented a highly fragmented, oftentimes kaleidoscopic sense of modern life, and they organized their urban-industrial images through rhythmic and associative montage that evoke musical structures. In this comprehensive volume, contributors consider the full 80 film corpus, from Manhatta and Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt to lesser-known cinematic explorations.

Ventus

Author : Karl Schroeder
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780812576351
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book Ventus written by Karl Schroeder and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-11-19 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction roman.

The Force of Culture

Author : Karen Finlay
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442658258
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Force of Culture written by Karen Finlay and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A misunderstood and sometimes maligned figure, Vincent Massey was one of Canada's most influential cultural policy-makers and art patrons. Best known as Canada's first native-born Governor General, he chaired the landmark Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences that led to the creation of the Canada Council. The Force of Culture examines Massey's notion of culture, its conflicted roots in late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Canadian Protestant thought, and Massey's transformation into a champion of culture as a bastion of Canadian sovereignty. Karen Finlay's study goes beyond existing literature by examining the role of Massey's Methodist upbringing in instilling an education gospel as the bedrock of culture and the foundation of a national citizenry. The study also reassesses Massey's reputation as a supporter of the fine arts. Steeped in Methodism, his attitudes towards the arts were ambiguous. He never adopted a purely art-for-art's sake doctrine, but came to understand that the arts, without being moralizing, could serve a moral and cultural purpose: the expression and affirmation of national character and sovereignty. As well as charting Massey's evolving attitudes towards culture and the arts, Finlay attempts to redress the common charges of sexism, elitism, and anglophonism levelled against him. Finlay stresses Massey's contradictory views on issues relating to gender, race, and class, outweighed by the ongoing legacy of his belief in Canadian cultural diversity. Above all, Massey valorized the principles of excellence and diversity as twin antidotes to the anathema of conformity and cultural homogenization. The tenet Massey sought to honour, pertaining deeply to the collective and moral nature of humanism in Canada, Finlay argues, was community without uniformity. The Force of Culture shows that Massey was, in certain respects, a democratizer and even a populist, who believed that difference need not divide. Electronic Format Disclaimer: Images removed at the request of the rights holder.

Capital Culture

Author : Jody Berland
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773517251
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Capital Culture written by Jody Berland and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2000 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of contemporary art theory from a Canadian perspective.

Working Lives

Author : Craig Heron
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487517548
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Working Lives written by Craig Heron and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craig Heron is one of Canada’s leading labour historians. Drawing together fifteen of Heron’s new and previously published essays on working-class life in Canada, Working Lives covers a wide range of issues, including politics, culture, gender, wage-earning, and union organization. A timely contribution to the evolving field of labour studies in Canada, this cohesive collection of essays analyzes the daily experiences of people working across Canada over more than two hundred years. Honest in its depictions of the historical complexities of daily life, Working Lives raises issues in the writing of Canadian working-class history, especially "working-class realism" and how it is eventually inscribed into Canada’s public history. Thoughtfully reflecting on the ways in which workers interact with the past, Heron discusses the important role historians and museums play in remembering the adversity and milestones experienced by Canada’s working class.

The Imaginary Indian

Author : Daniel Francis
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
ISBN 13 : 1551524503
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book The Imaginary Indian written by Daniel Francis and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of a classic North American text on the image of the Native in non-Native culture.

Global Movie Magazine Networks

Author : Eric Hoyt
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520402766
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Global Movie Magazine Networks written by Eric Hoyt and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2025-01-07 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This groundbreaking collection of essays from leading film historians features original research on movie magazines published in China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Latin America, South Korea, the U.S., and beyond. Vital resources for the study of film history and culture, movie magazines are frequently cited as sources, but rarely centered as objects of study. Global Movie Magazine Networks does precisely that, revealing the hybridity, heterogeneity, and connectivity of movie magazines and the important role they play in the intercontinental exchange of information and ideas about cinema. Uniquely, the contributors in this book have developed their critical analysis alongside the collaborative work of building digital resources, facilitating the digitization of more than a dozen of these historic magazines on an open-access basis.

So Close to the State/s

Author : Michael Dorland
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802080431
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book So Close to the State/s written by Michael Dorland and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the formation of feature film policy in the Canadian context of the 1950s through to the present, paying special attention to the role played by producers, filmmakers and government agencies.

Canada and the World since 1867

Author : Asa McKercher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350036781
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Canada and the World since 1867 written by Asa McKercher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a history of Canada's role in the world as well as the impact of world events on Canada. Starting from the country's quasi-independence from Britain in 1867, its analysis moves through events in Canadian and global history to the present day. Looking at Canada's international relations from the perspective of elite actors and normal people alike, this study draws on original research and the latest work on Canadian international and transnational history to examine Canadians' involvement with a diverse mix of issues, from trade and aid, to war and peace, to human rights and migration. The book traces four inter-connected themes: independence and growing estrangement from Britain; the longstanding and ongoing tensions created by ever-closer relations with the United States; the huge movement of people from around the world into Canada; and the often overlooked but significant range of Canadian contacts with the non-Western world. With an emphasis on the reciprocal nature of Canada's involvement in world affairs, ultimately it is the first work to blend international and transnational approaches to the history of Canadian international relations.

Arming and Disarming

Author : R. Blake Brown
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442665602
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Arming and Disarming written by R. Blake Brown and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the École Polytechnique shootings of 1989 to the political controversy surrounding the elimination of the federal long-gun registry, the issue of gun control has been a subject of fierce debate in Canada. But in fact, firearm regulation has been a sharply contested issue in the country since Confederation. Arming and Disarming offers the first comprehensive history of gun control in Canada from the colonial period to the present. In this sweeping, immersive book, R. Blake Brown outlines efforts to regulate the use of guns by young people, punish the misuse of arms, impose licensing regimes, and create firearm registries. Brown also challenges many popular assumptions about Canadian history, suggesting that gun ownership was far from universal during much of the colonial period, and that many nineteenth century lawyers – including John A. Macdonald – believed in a limited right to bear arms. Arming and Disarming provides a careful exploration of how social, economic, cultural, legal, and constitutional concerns shaped gun legislation and its implementation, as well as how these factors defined Canada’s historical and contemporary ‘gun culture.’

The Mass Media in Canada

Author : Mary Vipond
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1552776581
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book The Mass Media in Canada written by Mary Vipond and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2011-03-25 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada has one of the most advanced mass-media systems in the world, which allows Canadians more access to American culture via television, the movies, and the Internet than ever before. At the same time, governments support the production and distribution of Canadian content to Canadians. In this fully updated fourth edition, Mary Vipond traces the rise of the traditional mass media in Canada, explores the new media, and discusses the influcence of old mass media on new media. Clearly written and persuasively argued, The Mass Media in Canada demonstrates the huge challenges government face today in trying to influence media content and considers the troubling questions of who decides what we read, watch, and hear.

Contracting Out Hollywood

Author : Greg Elmer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0742536947
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Contracting Out Hollywood written by Greg Elmer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hollywood's search for cheap, distinctive, and authentic locations, producers and directors are taking their business to foreign soil. Only one of the five 2002 Best Picture nominees was shot in the United States_The Hours, filmed in Hollywood, Florida. Contracting Out Hollywood addresses the American trend of 'runaway productions'_the growing practice of producing American films and television programs on foreign shores. Greg Elmer and Mike Gasher have gathered a group of contributors who seek to explain the phenomenon from historical, political, economic, and cultural perspectives, using case studies, challenges to contemporary screen, media, and globalization theories, and analyses of changing government politics toward cultural industries.

David Adams Richards of the Miramichi

Author : Michael Anthony Tremblay
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442610778
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book David Adams Richards of the Miramichi written by Michael Anthony Tremblay and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In David Adams Richards of the Miramichi, Tony Tremblay sheds light not only on Richards' art and achievements, but also on Canadian literary criticism in general.