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The Contemporary Canada-United States Relationship

The Contemporary Canada-United States Relationship

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

Analyzes Canada’s current relationship with the United States concerning trade and cultural policies. Examines the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency and the re‑negotiated … 19 $1.90 Add
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The Crush, The Ex, and Fear : Erotic Thrillers
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The Crush, The Ex, and Fear : Erotic Thrillers

From: Shot in Vancouver

In this chapter, Wiebe examines three erotic thriller films from the 1990s—The Crush (1993), The Ex (1996), and Fear (1996)—that positioned Vancouver as a stand-in for Middle America. 6 $0.60 Add
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The Diary of Evelyn Lau and Double Happiness: The Shum–Oh Effect
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The Diary of Evelyn Lau and Double Happiness: The Shum–Oh Effect

From: Shot in Vancouver

In this chapter, Wiebe discusses how two Vancouver productions introduced the world to Sandra Oh and director Mina Shum. 7 $0.70 Add
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The Dictionary of Homophobia: F

The Dictionary of Homophobia: F

Publisher's note, Preface to the Original Edition, Editor's Preface To the English-Language Edition, Introduction, The Anti-Anthology, Table of Entries, Contributors

From: The Dictionary of Homophobia

Family (Phillipe Masanet); Far Right, the (Michael Sibalis); Fascism (Florence Tamagne); Favorites (Laurent Avezou); Feminism (France) (Liliane Kandel and Claudie Lesselier); Film. See Cinema; … ; 51 $2.55 Add
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The Dictionary of Homophobia: H

The Dictionary of Homophobia: H

Publisher's note, Preface to the Original Edition, Editor's Preface To the English-Language Edition, Introduction, The Anti-Anthology, Table of Entries, Contributors

From: The Dictionary of Homophobia

Henri III (Laurent Avezou); Heresy (Thierry Revol); Heterocentrism. See Heterosexism; Heteronormativity. See Heterosexism; Heterophobia (Jean-Louis Jeannelle); Heterosexism (Louis-Georges Tin); … ; 42 $1.68 Add
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The Grey Fox : The Outlaw Vision of Phillip Borsos
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The Grey Fox : The Outlaw Vision of Phillip Borsos

From: Shot in Vancouver

In this chapter, Wiebe examines the making and legacy of The Grey Fox (1982), a Pacific Coast Western directed by Phillip Borsos. 6 $0.60 Add
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The Groundstar Conspiracy: SFU as the Face of the Future
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The Groundstar Conspiracy: SFU as the Face of the Future

From: Shot in Vancouver

In this chapter, Wiebe discusses how Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby Mountain campus has served as a filming location for over fifty years, beginning with The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972). 6 $0.60 Add
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The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess and Beeba Boys: Fact and Fantasy
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The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess and Beeba Boys: Fact and Fantasy

From: Shot in Vancouver

In this chapter, Wiebe explores how the 1994 Dosanjh murders in Vancouver and the juror scandal that followed inspired two very different films: The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess (2004) and Beeba … 7 $0.70 Add
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The Mad Room, The Keeper, and Prophecy: Early Days of BC Horror
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The Mad Room, The Keeper, and Prophecy: Early Days of BC Horror

From: Shot in Vancouver

In this chapter, Wiebe examines three horror films made in British Columbia between 1969 and 1979: The Mad Room, The Keeper, and Prophecy. 5 $0.50 Add
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The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom

The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom

From: Uncle

In this chapter, Thompson examines the "Mammy" figure, another stock character who was first depicted in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The chapter also touches on Confederate monuments, and … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Screen of Hal

The Screen of Hal

From: The City of Words

In this chapter, Manguel examines how societies have built exclusionary structures to manage perceived external threats, from Aristotle’s barbarians to modern economic machinery. 30 $3.00 Add
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The Sweet and the Bitter and Shōgun: James Clavell’s Vancouver Saga
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The Sweet and the Bitter and Shōgun: James Clavell’s Vancouver Saga

From: Shot in Vancouver

In this chapter, Wiebe traces James Clavell’s Vancouver years, discussing how his 1962 film The Sweet and the Bitter, which addressed the internment of Japanese Canadians, connects to his … 5 $0.50 Add
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The Sweet Hereafter : Small Town Bringdown
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The Sweet Hereafter : Small Town Bringdown

From: Shot in Vancouver

In this chpater, Wiebe examines The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Atom Egoyan’s Oscar-nominated film adapted from Russell Banks’s novel about a 1989 school bus crash in Alton, Texas. 5 $0.50 Add
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Its Successor

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Its Successor

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

How the Trans‑Pacific Partnership came about and how Canada’s cultural policies are affected by its implementation. 22 $2.20 Add
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The X-Files, Part 1: Fake News and “400 Inches of Rain”
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The X-Files, Part 1: Fake News and “400 Inches of Rain”

From: Shot in Vancouver

In this chapter, Wiebe discusses The X-Files (1993–2018) and its production in Vancouver. 7 $0.70 Add
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The X-Files, Part 2: When the Monster of the Week Is the Future
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The X-Files, Part 2: When the Monster of the Week Is the Future

From: Shot in Vancouver

In this chapter, Wiebe examines "Kill Switch," a fifth-season X-Files episode written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox in the late 1990s and filmed across Vancouver’s Lower Mainland. 5 $0.50 Add