To many, the North is a familiar but inaccessible place. Yet images of the region are within easy reach, in magazine racks, on our coffee tables, and on television, computer, and movie screens. In Northern Exposures, Peter Geller uncovers the history behind these popular conceptions of the Canadian North.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliography (p. 227-242), filmography (p. 243-246) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.9/02
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 0774809272 9780774851138
- LCCN
- F1090.5
- LCCN Item number
- G455 2004eb
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- Original cataloging agency
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xviii, 258 p., [1] p. of plate)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)gtp00521819 (OCoLC)180703926 (CaOOCEL)404310
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 8
- ILLUSTRATIONS 10
- ABBREVIATIONS 14
- PREFACE 15
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 18
- 1 TAKING PICTURES AND MAKING HISTORY: PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION AND THE CANADIAN NORTH 22
- 2 MORE THAN “A MASS OF ICE AND SNOW”: VISUALIZING THE STATE IN “CANADA’S ARCTIC” 38
- 3 PICTURES OF THE “ARCTIC NIGHT”: ARCHIBALD LANG FLEMING AND MISSIONARY MESSAGES OF THE NORTH 72
- 4 THE BUSINESS OF REPRESENTING THE NORTH: FILMMAKERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND THE FUR TRADERS OF THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY 106
- 5 FROM BACK TO BAFFIN TO CANADA MOVES NORTH: RICHARD FINNIE’S NORTHERN VISIONS 156
- 6 “REMAKING IT INTO HERE”: REPRESENTATION AND POWER IN NORTHERN IMAGERY 186
- NOTES 206
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 248
- FILMOGRAPHY 264
- INDEX 268
- A 268
- B 269
- C 269
- D 270
- E 271
- F 271
- G 272
- H 273
- I 274
- J 274
- K 274
- L 274
- M 275
- N 275
- O 276
- P 276
- Q 277
- R 277
- S 278
- T 278
- U 278
- V 278
- W 279
- Y 279
- Z 279
