Turn Up the Contrast
CBC Television Drama Since 1952
Will be published approx. on 1. January 1987
Book
Hardback
434 pages
978-0-7748-0278-9 (ISBN)
Description
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 the contentof Canadian television drama and is both a critical analysis and asurvey history of how Canadians have used the medium to tell themselvestheir 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 pleased to find theirfavourites among those discussed at length.
A University of British Columbia Press / CBC EnterprisesCo-Publication.
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 pleased to find theirfavourites among those discussed at length.
A University of British Columbia Press / CBC EnterprisesCo-Publication.
Reviews / Votes
This book offers much more than a digest of review pieces; it stands on its own as valid and scholarly criticism. - T.A. Pallen (Choice) Turn Up the Contrast will be the essential reference book for some time; it is full, informative, discussable, and well indexed. - Vincent Tovell (Canadian Theatre Review)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
860 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-0278-9 (9780774802789)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Mary Jane Miller is a professor of dramatic literatureat Brock University.
Content
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
1. The Flowering of CBC Drama
II. Genres
2. Copshows and Mysteries: "Check your guns at theborder"
3. Family Adventure: "In every box, a prize!"
4. Sitcoms and Domestic Comedy: "But it's too cold to be amelting pot, mama!"
5. Other Series and Miniseries: "The best of tries and theworst of tries!"
III. The CBC (Proudly) Presents
6. Anthology to 1968: "Window on the world as the world looksin"
7. Anthology: 1968 to the present: "The focus narrows"
8. Docudrama: "To be seen is to seed"
IV. The Peripheral Is Central
9. Experimental: "The Seedbed"
10. Regional or "What Toronto doesn't know"
V. Conclusions
11. Wrapup: The View from Within -- Interviews with John Kennedy
12. The Harvest: The View from Outside
Appendices
A. Chronology of Series and Anthologies
B. Where to Find Material and a Cautionary Note
C. A Checklist of Programmes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
1. The Flowering of CBC Drama
II. Genres
2. Copshows and Mysteries: "Check your guns at theborder"
3. Family Adventure: "In every box, a prize!"
4. Sitcoms and Domestic Comedy: "But it's too cold to be amelting pot, mama!"
5. Other Series and Miniseries: "The best of tries and theworst of tries!"
III. The CBC (Proudly) Presents
6. Anthology to 1968: "Window on the world as the world looksin"
7. Anthology: 1968 to the present: "The focus narrows"
8. Docudrama: "To be seen is to seed"
IV. The Peripheral Is Central
9. Experimental: "The Seedbed"
10. Regional or "What Toronto doesn't know"
V. Conclusions
11. Wrapup: The View from Within -- Interviews with John Kennedy
12. The Harvest: The View from Outside
Appendices
A. Chronology of Series and Anthologies
B. Where to Find Material and a Cautionary Note
C. A Checklist of Programmes
Bibliography
Index