Canadian National Cinema (National Cinemas)
Editorial Reviews
Review
"The addition of of this title to the growing list in the series is most welcome."
-Bruce A. Austin, Communications Booknotes Quarterly
"Through close textual readings, Gittings' valuable study examines the ways in which Canadian films reflect and refract social forces of their times and address contemporary issues of representation and nation."
-Blain Allan, Queen's University
"...presents a fresh and uncompromising angle on Canadian cultural history while it traces the social implications of its stories on film. What emerges is a close and sympathetic analysis which focuses on the difficulties facing a national industry dominated by its powerful neighbour, the politics of representation internal to a multi-ethnic and multi-racial society, and the positive effects of strategic investment in local stories as well as the indigenisation of international genres."
-Graeme Turner, University of Queensland
Book Description
Canadian National Cinema explores the idea of the nation across Canada's film history, from early treatments of colonization and white settlement such as The Wheatfields of Canada and Back to God's Country, to recent films like No, Le Confessional, and Map of the Human Heart. Through case studies of key films--both well-known and neglected-- Christopher E. Gittings uncovers the tensions in Canadian cinema between white Anglo and Native representations, and between Francophone and Anglo-Canadian narratives. Engaging with questions of inclusion and exclusion, race and representation, gender and sexuality, he shows how access to the production of cinematic images has determined who is represented, and how. Canadian National Cinema (National Cinemas)
Canadian National Cinema (National Cinemas),Christopher E. Gittings,Routledge,0415142822,Cinema/Film: Book,Film & Video - General,Film & Video - History & Criticism,Performing Arts,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Canada,Film theory & criticism,Media studies
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