Outside Looking in - Viewing First Nations Peoples in Canadian Dramatic Television Series

Informationen zum Autor Mary Jane Miller is professor emerita, Brock University, and author of Rewind and Search: Conversations with the Makers and Decision-Makers of CBC Television Drama and Turn of the Contrast: CBC Television Drama since 1952. Klappentext The author traces the evolution of perceptions of 'Indians' in series television over 50 years. Recent scholarship in ethnography & popular culture studies throws light on both what these series present & what is missing, how various long-standing issues are raised & framed differently over time, & what new issues appear. Zusammenfassung Traces the evolution of perceptions of 'Indians' in series television over 50 years. This book examines series including: "Radisson"; "Forest Rangers"; and "Spirit Bay". It analyses the narrative arcs! characterizations! dialogue and looks at how inflections of familiar genres like soaps and sitcoms shape both the series and viewers' expectations.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Jane Miller
• Publisher: Mcgill queen's university pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2008
• EAN: 9780773533677
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-3367-7
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series; McGill-Queen's Native and Nort; McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series; McGill-Queen's Native and Nort; McGill-Queen's Indigenous and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science