Hinterland Remixed: Media, Memory, and the Canadian 1970s by Andrew Burke (Engli

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Hinterland Remixed by Andrew Burke An examination of the legacy and cultural afterlife of the Canadian 1970s in film, television, and the visual arts. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Like the flute melody from Hinterland Whos Who, the 1970s haunt Canadian cultural memory. Though the decade often feels lost to history, Hinterland Remixed focuses on boldly innovative works as well as popular film, television, and music to show that Canada never fully left the 1970s behind. Andrew Burke reveals how contemporary artists and filmmakers have revisited the eras cinematic and televisual residues to uncover what has been lost over the years. Investigating how the traces of an analogue past circulate in a digital age, Burke digs through the remnants of 1970s Canadiana and examines key audiovisual works from this overlooked decade, uncovering the periods aspirations, desires, fears, and anxieties. He then looks to contemporary projects that remix, remediate, and reanimate the period. Exploring an idiosyncratic selection of works - from Michael Snows experimental landscape film La Région Centrale, to SCTVs satirical skewering of network television, to LAtelier national du Manitobas video lament for the Winnipeg Jets - this book asks key questions about nation, nostalgia, media, and memory. A timely intervention, Hinterland Remixed demands we recognize the ways in which the unrealized cultural ambitions and unresolved anxieties of a previous decade continue to resonate in our current lives. Author Biography Andrew Burke is associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Winnipeg. Review "Hinterland Remixed is as engaging as it is innovative and intelligent. I cannot overstate the quality, timeliness, and elegance of this work." Jennifer VanderBurgh, Saint Marys University"We need this book. Not only does Hinterland Remixed provide extremely compelling readings of 1970s objects and contemporary works that revisit this decades artifacts; it accomplishes the interpretive goal of bringing the past inside the present." Peter Urquhart, Wilfrid Laurier University Long Description Like the flute melody from Hinterland Whos Who, the 1970s haunt Canadian cultural memory. Though the decade often feels lost to history, Hinterland Remixed focuses on boldly innovative works as well as popular film, television, and music to show that Canada never fully left the 1970s behind. Andrew Burke reveals how contemporary artists and filmmakers have revisited the eras cinematic and televisual residues to uncover what has been lost over the years. Investigating how the traces of an analogue past circulate in a digital age, Burke digs through the remnants of 1970s Canadiana and examines key audiovisual works from this overlooked decade, uncovering the periods aspirations, desires, fears, and anxieties. He then looks to contemporary projects that remix, remediate, and reanimate the period. Exploring an idiosyncratic selection of works - from Michael Snows experimental landscape film La R Review Quote "Written with force and clarity, Hinterland Remixed now stands as a key text for students and scholars invested in questions of media, memory, and culture in Canada. It is accessible in a way that will serve non-experts yet robust in its theoretical underpinning so that it may inspire further research. It stands alongside recent work including Cinephemera: Archives, Ephemeral Cinema, and New Screen Histories in Canada (2014), edited by Zo Promotional "Headline" An examination of the legacy and cultural afterlife of the Canadian 1970s in film, television, and the visual arts. Details ISBN0773558594 Author Andrew Burke Year 2019 ISBN-10 0773558594 ISBN-13 9780773558595 Publication Date 2019-11-06 Pages 264 Short Title Hinterland Remixed Language English Format Paperback Subtitle Media, Memory, and the Canadian 1970s UK Release Date 2019-11-06 Imprint McGill-Queens University Press Place of Publication Montreal Country of Publication Canada Illustrations 15 b&w images Publisher McGill-Queens University Press DEWEY 306.0971/09047 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161757051;

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