Sovereign screens : Aboriginal media on the Canadian West Coast / / Kristin L. Dowell

• Autore: Dowell Kristin L
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 301.0971133
• Soggetto topico: Indigenous films - British Columbia - Vancouver; Indigenous peoples in motion pictures; Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Vancouver; Motion picture producers and directors - British Columbia - Vancouver; Motion pictures in ethnology - British Columbia - Vancouver; Visual anthropology - British Columbia - Vancouver
• Soggetto geografico: Canada Cultural policy; Vancouver (B.C.) Social life and customs
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Vancouver's aboriginal media world -- The indigenous media arts group -- Canadian cultural policy and aboriginal media -- Aboriginal diversity on-screen -- Building community off-screen -- Cultural protocol in aboriginal media -- Visual sovereignty in aboriginal experimental media -- Epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: While Indigenous media have gained increasing prominence around the world, the vibrant Aboriginal media world on the Canadian West Coast has received little scholarly attention. As the first ethnography of the Aboriginal media community in Vancouver, Sovereign Screens reveals the various social forces shaping Aboriginal media production including community media organizations and avant-garde art centers, as well as the national spaces of cultural policy and media institutions. Kristin L. Dowell uses the concept of visual sovereignty to examine the practices, forms, and mea
• Titolo autorizzato: Sovereign screens
• ISBN: 0-8032-4894-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827039303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II