Growing Up Degrassi by Michele Byers

Growing Up Degrassi by Michele Byers

This is the first collection of its kind to explore one of the most widely recognized series in Canadian television history. Sixteen essays bring together scholars and fans of Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High and Degrassi: The Next Generation to examine the pivotal role the series has had in shaping Canadian youth identity over the past twenty-five years. In the first two sections, Egrassi and Youth Cultures and Building Identity on Degrassi, contributors look into topics ranging from how technology and media have shaped character identity and viewer devotion, to the critical contemporary issues of the AIDS crisis among young adults. The third section Web Sites, Fan Clubs Reminiscences, is a celebration of Degrassi fandom. In her Afterword, Linda Schuyler comments on the twenty-five years it has taken to build the remarkable phenomenon called Degrassi and why it deserves to be both celebrated and critiqued for its unique place in television and youth cultures.

Michele Byers is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Geoff Pevere has been a broadcaster, programmer, author, and critic for more than thirty years. He was the first program coordinator of the Toronto International Film Festival's Perspective Canada program. For many years he was the film critic for the Toronto Star, where he now writes about books. He is the co-author (with Greig Dymond) of Mondo Canuck: A Canadian Pop Culture Odyssey and author of Team Spirit: A Field Guide to Roots Culture .

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ISBN 13	9781894549486
ISBN 10	1894549481
Title	Growing Up Degrassi
Author	Michele Byers
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sumach Press
Year published	2005-09-20
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Runner-up for IndieFab awards (Popular Culture) 2005
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