Film & Cultural Studies
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From  NEW! Profit and Intelligence: Prestige TVFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe situates two Vancouver-based series, Profit (1996–97) and Intelligence (2005–07), within the prestige television movement of the late 1990s and early 2000s. | Sam Wiebe | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Queer Nation?From: In a Queer Country |
"Queer Nation?" offer s an historical overview of gay and lesbian practices in Canada, with some suggestions that they reflect a nation al character. The approach of the article was … | Terry Goldie | 25 | 2001 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Race and EthnicityFrom: How Societies Work |
In this Chapter: What is racism, and what are its roots? Do racism and other forms of social intolerance exist in Canada? How do various social theories explain the persistence of racism? What is … | Joanne Naiman | 24 | 2012 | $3.84 Add |
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From  RastusFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines Rastus, an Uncle Tom-like figure who was featured in several early silent films. The character later appeared in advertisements for Cream of Wheat. | Cheryl Thompson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From Redesigning Wreck:Beach Meets Forest as Location of Male Homoerotic Culture & Placemaking in Pacific Canada From: In a Queer Country |
Gordon Brent Ingram turns to a place in which gay men both define their identities through an assertion of territory and engage in the sexuality that makes them what they are. This essay … | Gordon Brent Ingram | 26 | 2001 | $0.52 Add |
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From  Reflections on the Antigone and Other Courtroom DramasFrom: Antigone v. Creon |
Discussion of dramatic depictions of courtroom trials. | Roger S. Fisher | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Regurgitations: What’s Left? |
In this chapter, Filippi traces how roughly eighty years of Italian colonial rule, spanning the late nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries, left enduring marks on language, cinema, and … | Francesco Filippi | 26 | 2024 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Responding to Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson & Claiming the Power of Native VoiceFrom: Bigotry on Broadway |
The author recounts her shock and offense at the play Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, which, as she explores in this essay, is ahistorical and includes racist and problematic represenations of … | Betsy Theobald Richards | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Right Here, Right NowFrom: At Home |
Chapter 8 features an interview with Stan Krzyzanowski. This chapter discusses artists who are inspired by the details of day-to-day life and who explore how the place where one lives can create … | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Romeo Must Die: Hip Hop Meets Martial ArtsFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe examinrd Romeo Must Die (2000), a Vancouver-shot film that weaves Shakespeare’s feuding families into martial arts spectacle and a hip hop soundtrack. | Sam Wiebe | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Roots of Canadian Cultural Policies |
Brief history of Canadian cultural policy in the 20th century, background to the period from 1984 to 2019. | Garry Neil | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Roxanne: Steve Martin Comes to NelsonFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines the 1987 romantic comedy Roxanne, written by and starring Steve Martin, set against the backdrop of Nelson, British Columbia. | Sam Wiebe | 4 | 2026 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Rumble in the Bronx: How a Hong Kong Production Changed American CinemaFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines how Rumble in the Bronx (1995) is an important part of Vancouver’s film-making history. | Sam Wiebe | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Runaway: Magnum, AIFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe discusses Runaway, directed by Michael Crichton and released in 1984. | Sam Wiebe | 4 | 2026 | $0.40 Add |
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From Sacred ConnectionsFrom: At Home |
Chapter 6 features Diane Pugen. The chapter focuses on artists whose sense of home is tied directly to the land itself. | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From Sambo and Uncle RemusFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores the creation and career of two other stock characters: Sambo and Uncle Remus, both of whom share important charactaristics with Uncle Tom. | Cheryl Thompson | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
