Outside Looking In
Viewing First Nations Peoples in Canadian Dramatic Television Series
1st Edition
Published on 9. June 2008
504 pages
978-0-7735-7487-8 (ISBN)
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Widely sold abroad, Beachcombers and North of 60 are what many international audiences know about Canada. In Outside Looking In Mary Jane Miller traces the evolution of representations of First Nations people in fifty years of Canadian television broadcasts.
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Outside Looking in
Viewing First Nations Peoples in Canadian Dramatic Television Series
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06/2008
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Outside Looking in
Viewing First Nations Peoples in Canadian Dramatic Television Series
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06/2008
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Miller Mary Jane:
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.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.
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.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.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- PART ONE: FRAMEWORK
- 1 Introduction: Establishing the Boundaries of This Exploration
- 2 "Who are you calling ethnic?"
- 3 "The North is where?"
- PART TWO: SERIES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND YOUTH
- 4 Background: From Pageant to Prime Time
- 5 Radisson: The Baseline Set in the 1950s
- 6 Other Early Children's Series: The Context of the 1960s to 1980s
- 7 The Beachcombers: Jesse Jim Matures as a Family Role Model
- 8 Spirit Bay: An "All Indian" Series for Children
- 9 The Rez: A Sitcom/Dramedy for 1990s Youth
- 10 Fans and Genres and How They Intersect
- PART THREE: A LONG-FORM SERIES FOR ADULTS: NORTH OF 60 (1992-1997)
- 11 Set-up, or How North of 60 Was Framed
- 12 Looking at Setting and Character in North of 60
- 13 Focusing on a Selection of North of 60 Episodes
- 14 Exploring Issues and Themes in North of 60
- 15 Formal and Informal Responses to North of 60
- Conclusion: Others Will Continue to Explore
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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