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Finding Refuge in Canada
Narratives of Dislocation
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CA$27.99
ISBN: 9781771993012
Pub Date: February 2021
Imprint: Athabasca University Press
George Melnyk is professor emeritus of Communication, Media and Film at the University of Calgary. He has written and edited over twenty-five books on Canadian cinema, Alberta literature, the co-operative movement, and other Canadian subjects. As someone who came to Canada as a refugee he is deeply connected to the phenomenon and has published articles on Canada and refugees. This is his first book on the topic. Christina Parker is an assistant professor in Social Development Studies at Renison University College at the University of Waterloo. She specializes in critical ethnographic and mixed methods research in diverse schools and communities and is the author of Peacebuilding, Citizenship, and Identity: Empowering Conflict and Dialogue in Multicultural Classrooms (Sense|Brill, 2016).
The North End Revisited
Photographs by John Paskievich
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CA$39.95
ISBN: 9780887557972
Pub Date: September 2017
Imprint: University of Manitoba Press
Cities and the people who live in them are enduring subjects of photography. Winnipeg’s North End is one of North America’s iconic neighbourhoods, a place where the city’s unique character and politics have been forged.
Writing Alberta
Building on a Literary Identity
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9781552388907
Pub Date: June 2017
Imprint: University of Calgary Press
Alberta writing has a long tradition. Beginning with the pictographs of Writing-on-Stone, followed by Euro-Canadian exploration texts, the post-treaty writing of the agrarian colonization period, and...
Great Canadian Film Directors
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CA$38.99
ISBN: 9780888644794
Pub Date: June 2007
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
Film directors articulate creative visions that provide insights into national cultures. 18 essays highlight Canada's prominent Anglophone and Francophone filmmakers.
One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema
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CA$58.00
ISBN: 9780802084446
Pub Date: September 2004
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
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.
The Gendered Screen
Canadian Women Filmmakers
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CA$36.99
ISBN: 9781554581795
Pub Date: May 2010
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
This book is the first major study of Canadian women filmmakers since the groundbreaking Gendering the Nation (1999). The Gendered Screen updates the subject with discussions of important filmmakers...
The Prairie West as Promised Land
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CA$54.95
ISBN: 9781552382301
Pub Date: August 2007
Imprint: University of Calgary Press
So the emblem of the West / Our bright Maple Leaf is bless'd / To its children of the goodly open hand; / All the nations of the earth / Are now learning of its worth / And are flocking to this...
The Literary History of Alberta Volume Two
From the End of the War to the End of the Century
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CA$29.99
ISBN: 9780888643247
Pub Date: November 1999
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
In this, the companion to the landmark volume The Literary History of Alberta, Volume One: From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two, George Melnyk examines Alberta literature in the second half of the...
The Literary History of Alberta Volume Two
From the End of the War to the End of the Century
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CA$43.99
ISBN: 9780888643254
Pub Date: October 1999
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
In this, the companion to the landmark volume The Literary History of Alberta, Volume One: From Writing-on-Stone to WorldWar Two, George Melnyk examines Alberta literature in the second half of the...
Film and the City
The Urban Imaginary in Canadian Cinema
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CA$29.99
ISBN: 9781927356593
Pub Date: April 2014
Imprint: Athabasca University Press
For many years, Canadian cinema was dominated by the documentary tradition of the National Film Board, which tended to promote what film scholar Jim Leach has called the “nationalist-realist project”—films...
Wild Words
Essays on Alberta Literature
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CA$34.99
ISBN: 9781897425305
Pub Date: February 2009
Imprint: Athabasca University Press
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 their own right.
Poetics of Naming
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CA$38.99
ISBN: 9780888644091
Pub Date: October 2003
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
Literary historian and scholar George Melnyk engages the dynamic between truth, language, and personal identity. His intent is to take the reader to the limits of language and meaning, to face the wordless...
The Literary History of Alberta Volume One
From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two
Price:
CA$27.99
ISBN: 9780888642967
Pub Date: April 1998
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
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The Literary History of Alberta Volume One
From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two
Price:
CA$43.99
ISBN: 9780888643162
Pub Date: April 1998
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
Alberta's contradictory landscape has fired the imaginative energies of writers for centuries. The sweep of the plains, the thrust of the Rockies, and the long roll of the woodlands have left vivid...
Canada and the New American Empire
War and Anti-War
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CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781552381304
Pub Date: April 2004
Imprint: University of Calgary Press
The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 send shock waves around the world. The unilateral decision to invade Iraq an overthrow its government was opposed by many nations and citizens. Prior to the invasion,...
The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9781552380796
Pub Date: September 2003
Imprint: University of Calgary Press
The first multi-genre historical anthology of Alberta writing since 1979, The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose collects twentieth-century short fiction, excerpts from novels, and non-fiction. This...

Finding Refuge in Canada
Narratives of Dislocation
CA$27.99
ISBN: 9781771993012
Pub Date: February 2021
Imprint: Athabasca University Press
The North End Revisited
Photographs by John Paskievich
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9780887557972
Pub Date: September 2017
Imprint: University of Manitoba Press
Writing Alberta
Building on a Literary Identity
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9781552388907
Pub Date: June 2017
Imprint: University of Calgary Press
Great Canadian Film Directors
CA$38.99
ISBN: 9780888644794
Pub Date: June 2007
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema
CA$58.00
ISBN: 9780802084446
Pub Date: September 2004
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
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.
The Gendered Screen
Canadian Women Filmmakers
CA$36.99
ISBN: 9781554581795
Pub Date: May 2010
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
The Prairie West as Promised Land
CA$54.95
ISBN: 9781552382301
Pub Date: August 2007
Imprint: University of Calgary Press
The Literary History of Alberta Volume Two
From the End of the War to the End of the Century
CA$29.99
ISBN: 9780888643247
Pub Date: November 1999
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
The Literary History of Alberta Volume Two
From the End of the War to the End of the Century
CA$43.99
ISBN: 9780888643254
Pub Date: October 1999
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
Film and the City
The Urban Imaginary in Canadian Cinema
CA$29.99
ISBN: 9781927356593
Pub Date: April 2014
Imprint: Athabasca University Press
Wild Words
Essays on Alberta Literature
CA$34.99
ISBN: 9781897425305
Pub Date: February 2009
Imprint: Athabasca University Press
Poetics of Naming
CA$38.99
ISBN: 9780888644091
Pub Date: October 2003
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
The Literary History of Alberta Volume One
From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two
CA$27.99
ISBN: 9780888642967
Pub Date: April 1998
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
The Literary History of Alberta Volume One
From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two
CA$43.99
ISBN: 9780888643162
Pub Date: April 1998
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
Canada and the New American Empire
War and Anti-War
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781552381304
Pub Date: April 2004
Imprint: University of Calgary Press
The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9781552380796
Pub Date: September 2003
Imprint: University of Calgary Press