Nation, Genre and Female Performance in Canadian Cinema

This paper outlines a theory of sytle and performance in Canadian film based on geography, gender and genre. It is possible to form a theory of Canadian cinema based on theme-genre (strong women, nature as oppressor in dysfunctional family melodramas) in which female characters, as well as their per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murat Akser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pittsburgh 2013-06-01
Series:CINEJ Cinema Journal
Online Access:http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/72