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Item Details
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TURN UP THE CONTRAST
CBC TELEVISION DRAMA SINCE 1952 |
| By: |
Mary Jane Miller |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£78.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774802782 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774802789 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1987 |
| Pages: |
434 |
| Description: |
Both a critical analysis and a survey history of how Canadians have used the medium of television, this is the first book to explore the content of Canadian television drama. |
| Synopsis: |
From Shakespeare to cop shows, sitcoms to docudramas, for over threedecades the CBC has presented viewers with every variety of televisiondrama and has become Canada's closest equivalent to a nationaltheatre. Turn Up the Contrast is the first book to explore thecontent of Canadian television drama and is both a critical analysisand a survey history of how Canadians have used the medium to tellthemselves their own stories.As a part of her research, Mary Jane Miller watched thousands ofhours of television, sampling series and viewing in their entiretyshorter programs such as movies and mini-series. Asking a variety ofquestions, she selected a number of programs for detailed analysis, anddevotees of The Beachcombers, King of Kensington, Seeing Things,Cariboo Country, Wojeck or A Gift to Last will be pleasedto find their favourites among those discussed at length.A University of British Columbia Press / CBC EnterprisesCo-Publication. |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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