What Television Remembers : Artifacts and Footprints of TV in Toronto / Jennifer VanderBurgh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

VanderBurgh, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--History--20th century.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Television--Social aspects--Ontario--Toronto--History--20th century.

Television.

Television broadcasting--Social aspects--Ontario--Toronto--History--20th century.

Television broadcasting.

Television programs.

Television programs--Ontario--Toronto--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Summary:

What Television Remembers explores the relationship between the medium of TV and the city of Toronto. In a close reading of CBC dramas from the 1960s to 2010, VanderBurgh explains how the city has functioned as a strategic location in CBC programming, reflecting changing ideas about Canadian identity, community, and citizenship.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

TV at the CNE (1939)

Toronto’s First TV Event: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (1953)

Two Toronto Metatexts: CBC’s Open Grave (1964) and Twitch City (1998–2000)

Toronto as a National Microcosm (1960s–1980s)

Toronto as a City of Individuals (1990–2010)

TV in/as City Space and Cultural Imagination

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-2280-1985-0

OCLC:

1378080050