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      The Transformative Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky

      George Melnyk

      Alejandro Jodorowsky is a theatre director, writer of graphic novels and comics, novelist, poet, and an expert in the Tarot. He is also an auteur filmmaker who garnered attention with…

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      Film and the City: The Urban Imaginary in Canadian Cinema

      George Melnyk

      Examining fourteen Canadian films produced from the late 1980s onward,including Denys Arcand’s Jesus de Montreal (1989), MinaShum’s Double Happiness (1994), and Guy Maddin'sMy Winnipeg (2007), Film and the City is…

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      Great Canadian Film Directors

      Film directors articulate creative visions that provide insights into national cultures. 18 essays highlight Canada’s prominent Anglophone and Francophone filmmakers.

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      One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema

      George Melnyk

      Melnyk argues passionately that Canadian cinema has never been a singular entity, but has continued to speak in the languages and in the voices of Canada’s diverse population.

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      One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema

      George Melnyk

      Melnyk argues passionately that Canadian cinema has never been a singular entity, but has continued to speak in the languages and in the voices of Canada’s diverse population.

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      The Young, the Restless, and the Dead: Interviews with Canadian Filmmakers

      Attempts to capture the spirit of Canadian filmmakers. This book seeks to bring to a wide audience the insights and emotions, the trials and achievements of significant figures in Canadian…

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      Breaking Words: Literary Confessions

      George Melnyk

      Breaking Words: Literary Confessions provides a lively discussion of the impact of books on an author’s identity. George Melnyk is an Alberta writer, who has published in various genres–essays, poetry…

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      My Mother Is an Alien: Ten Takes on Life and Film

      George Melnyk

      How do we connect to film on a personal level? Written by critically acclaimed Alberta author George Melnyk, My Mother is an Alien brings autobiographical responses to film, daringly exposing…

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      Riel to Reform: Protest West Canada

      Traditionally, the West has seen itself as a disadvantaged and oppressed region; protest against its hinterland status has been part of the Canadian fabric since Louis Riel.

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      The Transformative Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky

      George Melnyk (University of Calgary, Canada)

      "This book analyses the complete cinematic work (1968 to 2020) of Alejandro Jodorowsky"--

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      Wild Words: Essays on Alberta Literature

      As the first collection of literary criticism focusing on Alberta writers, Wild Words establishes a basis for identifying Alberta fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction as valid subjects of study in…

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      Finding Refuge in Canada: Narratives of Dislocation

      Millions of people are displaced each year by war, persecution, and famine and the global refugee population continues to grow. Canada has often been regarded as a benevolent country, welcoming…

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      Writing Alberta: Building on a Literary Identity

      Alberta writing has a long tradition. In this volume Melnyk and Coates continue the project of scholarly analysis of Alberta literature that they began with Wild Words: Essays on Alberta…

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      The Gendered Screen: Canadian Women Filmmakers

      A study of Canadian women filmmakers since the groundbreaking Gendering the Nation in 1999. It includes discussions of important filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta, Anne Wheeler, Mina Shum, Lynne Stopkewich…

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      The North End Revisited: Photographs by John Paskievich

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      Winnipeg’s North End has informed the Canadian mythology and influenced the national psyche. The North End also divides and defines the city of Winnipeg, shaping its politics and sense of…

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      The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose

      An anthology that collects twentieth century short fiction, excerpts from novels, & non-fiction. It explores what writers - past & present - can tell us what it means to be…

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      Canada and the New American Empire: War and Anti-War

      Examines Canada’s decision not to support the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. This title discusses how Canada’s non-involvement might affect the future of Canadian-American relations.

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      The Prairie West as Promised Land

      The West was ripe with promise for those wishing to escape religious persecution, unproductive land, or intolerable living and working conditions. Some saw the Prairies as an ideal place to…

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