Culture, Communication and National Identity: The Case of Canadian Television

by Richard Collins and Richard Collins

'There can be no political sovereignty without culture sovereignty.' So argued the CBC in 1985 in its evidence to the Caplan/Sauvageau Task Force on Broadcasting Policy. Richard Collins challenges this assumption. He argues in this study of nationalism and Canadian television policy that Canada's political sovereignty depends much less on Canadian content in television than has generally been accepted. His analysis focuses on television drama,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802067727
• ISBN13: 9780802067722
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"