Most Canadians are city dwellers, a fact often unacknowledged bytwentieth-century Canadian films, with their preference for themes ofwilderness survival or rural life. Modernist Canadian films tend to
Co-ops in capitalist and communist nations are assessed for strengths and drawbacks. A fascinating look at co-operative forms as diverse as the kibbutz in Israel, the Kolkhoz of the former Soviet Unio
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 ma
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, p
Melnyk (Canadian studies and film studies, U. of Calgary, Canada) compiles 19 essays by Canadian scholars of film, Canadian studies, English, and other fields who consider the role of their country's
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
"The Gendered Screen expands the discursive space for scholarly engagement with women filmmakers in a predominantly masculinist terrain. The contributors provide fresh approaches to filmmakers of the
The first multi-genre historical anthology of Alberta writing since 1979, this long-overdue anthology explores what writers—past and present—can tell us about what it means to be Albertan—and Canadian
As the first collection of literary criticism focusing on Alberta writers, Wild Words establishes a basis for identifying Alberta fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction as valid subjects of study in t
