Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Toronto Press Publishing
Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Toronto Press Publishing
Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Toronto Press Publishing
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C U LT U R A L S T U D I E S<br />
Screening Gender, Framing Genre<br />
Canadian Literature into Film<br />
Peter Dickinson<br />
Audiences <strong>of</strong>ten measure the success <strong>of</strong> film adaptations<br />
by how faithfully they adhere to their original<br />
source material. However, fidelity criticism tells<br />
only part <strong>of</strong> the story <strong>of</strong> adaptation. For example,<br />
the changes made to literary sources in the course<br />
<strong>of</strong> creating their film treatments are <strong>of</strong>ten fascinating<br />
in terms <strong>of</strong> what they reveal about the different<br />
processes <strong>of</strong> genre recognition and gender identification<br />
in both media, as well as the social, cultural,<br />
and historical contexts governing their production<br />
and reception.<br />
In Screening Gender, Framing<br />
Genre, Peter Dickinson<br />
examines the history and<br />
theory <strong>of</strong> films adapted<br />
from Canadian literature<br />
through the lens <strong>of</strong> gender studies.<br />
Unique in its discussion <strong>of</strong><br />
a range <strong>of</strong> different adaptations,<br />
including films based on novels,<br />
plays, poetry, and Native orature,<br />
this study <strong>of</strong>fers new and <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
provocative readings <strong>of</strong> works by<br />
such well-known Canadian authors<br />
as Margaret Atwood, Marie-Claire<br />
Blais, and Michael Ondaatje, and by<br />
such important Canadian filmmakers<br />
as Mireille Dansereau, Claude<br />
Jutra, Robert LePage, and Bruce<br />
McDonald. Drawing with equal<br />
facility from film and gender<br />
theory, and revealing a thorough<br />
knowledge <strong>of</strong> both literary and<br />
cinematic history, Dickinson has<br />
written a lively and engaging study that is sure to<br />
resonate with readers curious about the intersection<br />
<strong>of</strong> Canadian cultural production and broader issues<br />
<strong>of</strong> gender and national identity formation.<br />
Peter Dickinson is a pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the Department <strong>of</strong><br />
English at Simon Fraser <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Of related interest:<br />
One Hundred Years <strong>of</strong> Canadian Cinema<br />
George Melnyk<br />
0-8020-8444-3 /<br />
978-0-8020-8444-6<br />
£22.50 / $35.00 / 2004<br />
Masters <strong>of</strong> Two Arts<br />
Re-creation <strong>of</strong> European Literatures<br />
in Italian Cinema<br />
Carlo Testa<br />
0-8020-8475-3 /<br />
978-0-8020-8475-0<br />
£18.00 / $30.95 / 2002<br />
Approx. 304 pp / 6 ¾ x 9 ¾ / December <strong>2006</strong><br />
22 illustrations<br />
Cloth ISBN 0-8020-4475-1<br />
978-0-8020-4475-4<br />
£28.00 $45.00 E<br />
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