Akser, Murat2023-10-192023-10-19201302159-24112158-8724https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2013.72https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5584This paper outlines a theory of style and performance in Canadian film based on geography, gender and genre. It is possible to form a theory of Canadian cinema based on theme-genre (strong women, nature as oppressor in dysfunctional family melodramas) in which female characters, as well as their personas, interact with both a physical geography and a social space to define a Canadian identity.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle14916622WOS:00044691830001010.5195/cinej.2013.72N/AN/A