dc.contributor.author	Khouri, Malek	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-01-17T21:17:06Z
dc.date.available	2013-01-17T21:17:06Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.description	Series: Cinemas off centre series; 1912 - 3094: No. 1	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) was created in 1939 to produce, distribute, and promote Canadian cinema both domestically and abroad. During the early years of the NFB, its creative output was largely informed by the turbulent political and social climate the world was facing. World War II, Communism, unemployment, the role of labour unions, and working conditions were all subjects featured by the NFB during the period from 1939 to 1946. In Filming Politics, author Malek Khouri explores the work of the NFB during this period and argues that the political discourse of the films produced by this institution offered a counter-hegemonic portrayal of working class people and presented them as agents of social change. These films also saw an organic link between Canadian struggles for social progress, in the war against fascism and for peace, and those promoted at the time by the Soviet Union. Khouri also analyzes the various social, institutional, and political elements that contributed to the formation of the NFB's discourse. Filming Politics brings to light a number of films from the early years of the NFB, most of which have long been forgotten. Khouri presents a thorough reading of these films and the historical context within which they were produced and viewed. As such he proposes a radically new outlook on the films from how they have been appropriated in previous studies on Canadian cinema.	en_US
dc.description.refereed	Yes	eng
dc.identifier.citation	Khouri, M. "Filming politics: communism and the portrayal of the working class at the National Film Board of Canada, 1939-1946". Series: Cinemas off centre series; 1912-3094: No. 1. University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta, 2007.	eng
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34561
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-55238-670-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49340
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Calgary Press	eng
dc.publisher.url	http://press.ucalgary.ca/	eng
dc.rights	Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	*
dc.subject	Working class in motion pictures	eng
dc.subject	National Film Board of Canada—History	eng
dc.subject	Motion pictures—Canada—History	eng
dc.subject	Politics in motion pictures	eng
dc.subject	Working class— Canada—History—20th century	eng
dc.title	Filming politics: communism and the portrayal of the working class at the National Film Board of Canada, 1939-1946	eng
dc.type	book

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