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“My name is Joe, and I AM Canadian!” How did a beer ad featuring an unassuming guy in a plaid shirt become a national anthem? This book about Canadian TV examines how affect and consumption work together, producing national practices framed by the television screen....
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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2011-04-12
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Film and Media Studies
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He Was Some Kind of a Man: Masculinities in the B Western explores the construction and representation of masculinity in low-budget western movies made from the 1930s to the early 1950s. These films contained some of the mid-twentieth-century’s most familiar names,...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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2011-04-08
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A collection of four plays by internationally renowned puppeteer Ronnie Burkett. This anthology includes the three plays of the Memory Dress Trilogy: Tinka's New Dress, Street of Blood, and Happy, as well as Provenance.
Tinka's New Dress
Two old friends become...
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Playwrights Canada Press
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2010-03-15
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Standing at the edge of the ship, contemplating a watery demise, Billy is called back to reality when his dead mentor Sid Diamond appears as a handpuppet. Sid forces Billy to re-enact his life as a puppet show, rekindling the passion Billy once had for puppets, people,...
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Playwrights Canada Press
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2009-12-01
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The Radio Eye: Cinema in the North Atlantic, 1958–1988, examines the way in which media experiments in Quebec, Newfoundland, the Faroe Islands, and the Irish-Gaelic-speaking communities of Ireland use film, video, and television to advocate for marginalized communities...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2009-11-17
Collection :
Film and Media Studies
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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...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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2009-10-22
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Playing with Memories is the first collection of scholarly essays on the work of internationally acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin. It offers extensive perspectives on his career to date, from the early experimentation of The Dead Father (1986) to the intensely...
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University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2009-09-15
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Programming Reality: Perspectives on English-Canadian Television, the first anthology dedicated to analyses of Canadian television content, is a collection of original, interdisciplinary articles, combining textual analysis and political economy of communications. It...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2008-08-01
Collection :
Film and Media Studies
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Giovan Maria Cecchi (1517–1587) was the most prolific and popular of sixteenth-century Florentine daramatists. His best-known play, L’Assiuolo (The Horned Owl), brings to the stage the amorous adventure of two students at the university of Pisa who fall in love with...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2006-01-01
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Graham McInnes was one of many talented young people recruited by the charismatic John Grierson to build the National Film Board of Canada during the heady days of WWII. McInnes’s memoir of these “days of high excitement” is an insider’s look at the NFB from 1939 to...
Editeur :
University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2004-11-18
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The Scruffy Scoundrels by Annibal Caro offers the student, scholar, and general reader a sixteenth-century masterpiece in modern English translation. From one vantage point, The Scruffy Scoundrels would appear to be no more than a series of unrelated scenes and...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
1981-06-04
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Discover the Power of Love and War in Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man" — a witty satire that challenges romanticized notions of heroism and honor."Arms and the Man" by Bernard Shaw is a brilliant comedy that explores the absurdities of war and the illusions of heroism...
Editeur :
Timeless Classics
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2026-01-01
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Discover the transformative power of identity and society with Bernard Shaw's timeless classic, Pygmalion. This compelling play explores themes of social class, language, and personal transformation through the story of a phonetics professor who wagers he can transform...
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Timeless Classics
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2026-01-01
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Discover the timeless comedy of manners in Oliver Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer," a witty and lively play that explores social class, mistaken identities, and romantic misunderstandings with humor and charm. This classic work remains a beloved piece of English...
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Timeless Classics
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2026-01-01
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Discover the enchantment of love and mischief in William Shakespeare's timeless comedy, *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. This captivating play transports readers to a magical forest where fairy magic, romantic entanglements, and humorous misunderstandings intertwine,...
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Timeless Classics
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2026-01-01
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Discover the Power of Peace with Lysistrata by AristophanesLysistrata, a timeless comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, offers a humorous yet poignant exploration of war, peace, and human folly. Set against the backdrop of the Peloponnesian War, the play...
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Timeless Classics
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2026-01-01
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Discover the wit and satire of Victorian society with Oscar Wilde's timeless comedy, "The Importance of Being Earnest." This sparkling play masterfully blends humor, irony, and social critique, making it a quintessential work of English literature. Set in London and the...
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Timeless Classics
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2026-01-01
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Discover the Depths of Human Passion with "The Sea-Gull" by Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov's "The Sea-Gull" is a masterful exploration of love, art, and the human condition, capturing the intricate emotions and conflicts of its characters against the backdrop of rural...
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Timeless Classics
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2026-01-01
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Discover the Heart of Irish Life in "Riders to the Sea" by J. M. Synge"Riders to the Sea" is a poignant one-act play that captures the raw emotion and enduring resilience of rural Irish life. Set in a small fishing village on the Aran Islands, the play explores themes...
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Timeless Classics
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2026-01-01
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Discover the groundbreaking drama that challenged societal norms with Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House." This compelling play explores themes of gender roles, individual freedom, and societal expectations through the story of Nora Helmer, a woman who questions her life...
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Timeless Classics
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2026-01-01
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