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Canadian television : text and context / Marian Bredin, Scott Henderson, and Sarah A. Matheson, editors

Published
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (239 pages).
Additional Creators
Bredin, Marian, 1961-, Henderson, Scott, 1965-, and Matheson, Sarah A., 1968-
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Contents
Foreword : One thing about television and ten things about Canadian TV / John Doyle -- From kine to hi-def : a personal view of television studies in Canada / Mary Jane Miller -- (Who knows?) What remains to be seen : archives, access, and other practical problems for the study of Canadian "national" television / Jennifer VanderBurgh -- Television, film and the Canadian star system / Liz Czach -- Producing aboriginal television in Canada : obstacles and opportunities / Marian Bredin -- Hypercommercialism and Canadian children's television : the case of YTV / Kyle Asquith -- Canadianizing Canadians : television, youth, identity / Michele Byers -- How even American reality TV can perform a public service on Canadian television / Derek S. Foster -- Television, nation, and the situation comedy in Canada : cultural diversity and Little mosque on the prairie / Sarah A. Matheson -- "Come on Eileen" : making Shania Canadian again / Scott Henderson.
Summary
Explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. This book surveys the commercial and technological imperatives of the Canadian television industry, the role of the CBC as Canada's public broadcaster, and the function of television's "star system."
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9781554583881
1554583888
129931306X
9781299313064
9781554583898
1554583896
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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