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One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema
Häftad, 2004
540 kr
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With its beginnings rooted in the languages and cultures of the French and English, Canadian cinema has, over time, become more representative, reflecting the interests and aspirations of Canada's many diverse communities and identities. In One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema, George Melnyk offers …
Literary History of Alberta Volume One
From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two
Häftad, 1998
336 kr
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This long-awaited, landmark volume chronicles Alberta writing: the writers, their works, and their vigorous and changing landscape. A must for anyone interested in the cultural history of western Canada.
Literary History of Alberta Volume One
From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two
Häftad, 1998
526 kr
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Alberta's contradictory landscape has fired the imaginative energies of writers for centuries. The sweep of the plains, the thrust of the Rockies, and the long roll of the woodlands have left vivid impressions on all of Alberta's writers--both those who passed through Alberta in search of other …
Literary History of Alberta Volume Two
From the End of the War to the End of the Century
Häftad, 1999
373 kr
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In this, the companion to the landmark volume The Literary History of Alberta, Volume One: From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two, George Melnyk examines Alberta literature in the second half of the twentieth century. At last, Melnyk argues, Alberta writers have found their voice--and their …
Literary History of Alberta Volume Two
From the End of the War to the End of the Century
Häftad, 1999
515 kr
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In this, the companion to the landmark volume The Literary History of Alberta, Volume One: From Writing-on-Stone to WorldWar Two, George Melnyk examines Alberta literature in the second half of the twentieth century. At last, Melnyk argues, Alberta writers have found their voice--and their …
Great Canadian Film Directors
Häftad, 2007
593 kr
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Great Canadian Film Directors is the first major study that reflects the cultural and linguistic diversity of Canada's most dynamic film directors. The 19 essays in this collection focus on each filmmaker's ability to create a vision that both reveals and redefines our national cultures. Together, …
Transformative Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky
Häftad, 2024
455 kr
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Alejandro Jodorowsky is a theatre director, writer of graphic novels and comics, novelist, poet, and an expert in the Tarot. He is also an auteur filmmaker who garnered attention with his breakthrough film El Topo in 1970. He has been called a “cult” filmmaker, whose films are surreal, …
Transformative Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky
E-bok, 2023
451 kr
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Alejandro Jodorowsky is a theatre director, writer of graphic novels and comics, novelist, poet, and an expert in the Tarot. He is also an auteur filmmaker who garnered attention with his breakthrough film El Topo in 1970. He has been called a “cult” filmmaker, whose films are surreal, …
Transformative Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky
E-bok, 2023
471 kr
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Alejandro Jodorowsky is a theatre director, writer of graphic novels and comics, novelist, poet, and an expert in the Tarot. He is also an auteur filmmaker who garnered attention with his breakthrough film El Topo in 1970. He has been called a “cult” filmmaker, whose films are surreal, …
Transformative Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky
Inbunden, 2023
1426 kr
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Alejandro Jodorowsky is a theatre director, writer of graphic novels and comics, novelist, poet, and an expert in the Tarot. He is also an auteur filmmaker who garnered attention with his breakthrough film El Topo in 1970. He has been called a “cult” filmmaker, whose films are surreal, …
Writing Alberta
Building on a Literary Identity
Av George Melnyk, Donna Coates
Häftad, 2017
445 kr
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Alberta writing has a long tradition. Beginning with the pictographs of Writing-on-Stone, followed by Euro-Canadian exploration texts, the post-treaty writing of the agrarian colonization period, and into the present era, Alberta writing has come to be seen as a distinct literature. In this volume …
Gendered Screen
Canadian Women Filmmakers
Av Brenda Austin-Smith, George Melnyk
Häftad, 2010
455 kr
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This book is the first major study of Canadian women filmmakers since the groundbreaking Gendering the Nation (1999). The Gendered Screen updates the subject with discussions of important filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta, Anne Wheeler, Mina Shum, Lynne Stopkewich, Léa Pool, and Patricia Rozema, whose …
Finding Refuge in Canada
Narratives of Dislocation
Av George Melnyk, Christina Parker
Häftad, 2021
341 kr
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Millions of people are displaced each year by war, persecution, and famine and the global refugee population continues to grow. Canada has often been regarded as a benevolent country, welcoming refugees from around the globe. However, refugees have encountered varying kinds of reception in Canada. …
Wild Words
Essays on Alberta Literature
Av Donna Coates, George Melnyk
Häftad, 2009
473 kr
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As the first collection of literary criticism focusing on Albertawriters, Wild Words establishes a basis for identifyingAlberta fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction as valid subjects ofstudy in their own right. By critically situating and assessingspecific Alberta authors according to genre, this …
Film and the City
The Urban Imaginary in Canadian Cinema
Häftad, 2014
355 kr
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For many years, Canadian cinema was dominated by the documentarytradition of the National Film Board, which tended to promote what filmscholar Jim Leach has called the "nationalist-realistproject"—films that privileged Canada's naturallandscape and sought to conjure a unified sense of Canadian …
One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema
Inbunden, 2004
1028 kr
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With its beginnings rooted in the languages and cultures of the French and English, Canadian cinema has, over time, become more representative, reflecting the interests and aspirations of Canada's many diverse communities and identities. In One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema, George Melnyk offers …
Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose
Av George Melnyk, Tamara Seiler
Häftad, 2003
441 kr
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The first multi-genre historical anthology of Alberta writing since 1979, The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose collects twentieth-century short fiction, excerpts from novels, and non-fiction. This anthology explores what writers-past and present-can tell us about what it means to be …
Canada and the New American Empire
War and Anti-War
Häftad, 2004
246 kr
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The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 sent shock waves around the world. The unilateral decision to invade Iraq an overthrow its government was opposed by many nations and citizens. Prior to the invasion, tens of millions of people around the glob marched with one voice demanding peace and calling for …
Young, the Restless, and the Dead
Interviews with Canadian Filmmakers
Häftad, 2009
288 kr
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The Young, the Restless, and the Dead captures the spirit of Canadian filmmakers through interviews with the most accomplished and dynamic of yesterday's, today's, and tomorrow's film greats. Funny, provocative, and enlightening, the filmmakers reflect on their careers and explore with the …
