Northern getaway : film, tourism, and the Canadian vacation /

"For more than a century, posters, advertisements, and brochures have characterized Canada as a desirable tourist destination offering spectacular scenery, wild animals, outdoor recreation, and state-of-the-art accommodations. However, these explicitly commercial displays are not the only marke...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brégent-Heald, Dominique, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Travelogues (Motion pictures) > Canada > History and criticism.
Tourism and motion pictures > Canada.
Motion picture industry > Canada > History.
Tourism > Canada > History.
Tourism > Social aspects > Canada.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Motion picture industry.
Motion pictures.
Tourism.
Tourism and motion pictures.
Tourism > Social aspects.
Travelogues (Motion pictures)
Canada > In motion pictures.
Canada.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Wonders of Canada
  • Through the "Eye Gate"
  • Settler-Colonial Tourism Films
  • The Canadian Travel Bureau, Talking Colourful Travelogues, and 16-mm
  • Documentarians, Amateurs, and Diplomacy
  • From Victory Vacations to the Canadian Cooperation Project
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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