Film & Cultural Studies
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() Antigone v. CreonSophocles's Antigone as a Courtroom Drama |
Sophocles’s Antigone presents the audience with a serious political question — whether law is capable of resolving fundamental questions of right and wrong or whether it … | Roger S. Fisher | 385 | 2014 | View |
![]() Canadian Culture in a Globalized WorldThe impact of trade deals on Canada's cultural life |
Since the first trade deal with the US in 1984, Canada has insisted on a "cultural exemption" to ensure that governments were free to protect Canadian culture and to restrict foreign … | Garry Neil | 256 | 2019 | View |
![]() Cultural Industries.caMaking Sense of Canadian Media in the Digital Age |
Canada’s creative industries encompass book, periodical, and newspaper publishing; radio and television broadcasting; the music industry; video game production; filmmaking and video … | Ira Wagman; Peter Urquhart | 248 | 2012 | View |
![]() Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract |
A cultural planner's immodest proposal: change how we think about children and we just might change the world. We live in an 'adultitarian' state, where the rules are based on … | Darren O'Donnell | 218 | 2018 | View |
![]() How Societies WorkClass, Power, and Change |
In 2011, protesters around the world – including Canada – called for changes to the societies in which they live. Many observers were asking: “What do they want?” Some … | Joanne Naiman | 367 | 2012 | View |
![]() In a Queer CountryGay and Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context |
In terms of rights and freedoms for queers, Canada holds an international reputation as among the most liberal of nations. Yet this picture of harmonious gay and lesbian assimilation is nothing … | Terry ed. Goldie | 320 | 2001 | View |
![]() The Tangled GardenA Canadian Cultural Manifesto for the Digital Age |
The emergence of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (the FAANGs) has created an unprecedented challenge to Canada’s news, television and film businesses. In this book Richard … | Richard Stursberg | 224 | 2019 | View |
From ![]() Foreward & IntroductionFrom: Cultural Industries.ca |
Looks at the term mass media and how it does not fit in a Canadian Context, defines cultural industry for the purpose of this book, emphasis on methodology, the changing landscape of cultural … | Ira Wagman; Michael Dorland; Peter Urquhart | 8 | 2012 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: In a Queer Country |
Queer literature review; "Queer Country?" Conference (1996) | Terry Goldie | 11 | 2001 | $0.11 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: The Tangled Garden |
An introduction to the book’s scope and sequence, laying out why Canada’s major media (television networks, newspapers, film industry are suddenly at risk as a result of the advent of … | Richard Stursberg | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() Preface |
Author Garry Neil introduces his argument, explaining why Canadian culture is important and highlighting his background and experience on this subject. | Garry Neil | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
From ![]() PrefaceFrom: Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract |
The author explains how he came to see the vital role of working with children in his life, after the first performances of the play Haircuts by Children, and how he hopes to inspire others to … | Darren O'Donnell | 2 | 2018 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() PrefaceFrom: Antigone v. Creon |
The translation seeks to convey the language of law and the spirit of litigation embedded in the play. | Roger S. Fisher | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() Society and the Study of SocietyFrom: How Societies Work |
- | Joanne Naiman | 24 | 2012 | $3.84 Add |
From ![]() Children vs. CapitalismFrom: Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract |
In the first chapter, the author explores the ways in which including the deep participation of children in as many areas of life as possible could disrupt capitalism in ways that support social … | Darren O'Donnell | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() Film and Television:A Success? From: Cultural Industries.ca |
In Peter Urquhart’s chapter on film and television, he argues that the lens through which one examines the relative success or failure of these industries directly affects the conclusions … | Peter Urquhart | 16 | 2012 | $1.60 Add |