Screening Gender, Framing Genre

Canadian Literature into Film

Peter Dickinson

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English

University of Toronto Press
05 February 2007

Film theory & criticism; Literary studies: general; Cultural studies

Audiences often measure the success of film adaptations by how faithfully they adhere to their original source material.

However, fidelity criticism tells only part of the story of adaptation.

For example, the changes made to literary sources in the course of creating their film treatments are often fascinating in terms of what they reveal about the different processes of genre recognition and gender identification in both media, as well as the social, cultural, and historical contexts governing their production and reception.

In Screening Gender, Framing Genre, Peter Dickinson examines the history and theory of films adapted from Canadian literature through the lens of gender studies. Unique in its discussion of a range of different adaptations, including films based on novels, plays, poetry, and Native orature, this study offers new and often provocative readings of works by such well-known Canadian authors as Margaret Atwood, Marie-Claire Blais, and Michael Ondaatje, and by such important Canadian filmmakers as Mireille Dansereau, Claude Jutra, Robert LePage, and Bruce McDonald.

Drawing with equal facility from film and gender theory, and revealing a thorough knowledge of both literary and cinematic history, Dickinson has written a lively and engaging study that is sure to resonate with readers curious about the intersection of Canadian cultural production and broader issues of gender and national identity formation.

By: Peter Dickinson
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 255mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 650g
ISBN: 9780802044754
ISBN 10: 0802044751
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 05 February 2007
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Dickinson teaches in the Department of English at Simon Fraser University.

Reviews for Screening Gender, Framing Genre: Canadian Literature into Film

-a timely assessment of how two vital sectors of Canadian culture feed off each other.-<br>-Dickinson really shows his film-critic chops...his take on gay and lesbian adaptations is briskly up-to-date...--Clint Burnham, Vancouver Sun, March 31, 2007