Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Narrating Nation
7. Reenacting Canada 17
8. Representing National History on Television 31
9. Canadian Idols? 51
10. Canadian Idol and the Myth of National Identity 69
11. Hockey Dreams 85
12. Laughing at Authority or Authorized Laughter? 107
13. Whose Child Am I? 129
14. Making Citizens
15. Public Broadcasting/ National Television 149
16. History as Edutainment 171
17. Education and Entertainment 187
18. Haunting Public Discourse 205
19. Mapping Geographies
20. Representations of Urban Conflict in Moccasin Flats 229
21. Da Vinci’s Inquest 247
22. Imagining National Citizens in Televised Toronto 269
23. Realism and Community in the Canadian Soap Opera 291
24. Human Cargo 311
25. List of Contributors 333
26. Index 337
27. Books in the Film and Media Studies Series 343