Using recent scholarship in ethnography and popular culture, Miller throws light on both what these series present and what is missing, how various long-standing issues are raised and framed differently over time, and what new issues appear. She looks at narrative arc, characterization, dialogue, and theme as well as how inflections of familiar genres like family adventure, soap opera, situation comedy, and legal drama shape both the series and viewers' expectations. Miller discusses Radisson, Forest Rangers and other children's series in the 1960s and early 1970s, as well as Beachcombers, Spirit Bay, The Rez, and North of 60 - series whose complex characters created rewarding relationships while dealing with issues ranging from addiction to unemployment to the aftermath of the residential school system.

Mary Jane Miller is professor emerita, Brock University, and author of Rewind and Search: Conversations with the Makers and Decision-Makers of CBC Television Drama and Turn of the Contrast: CBC Television Drama since 1952.

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"Miller's accessible and engaging writing style opens Outside Looking In to a wide readership interested in the area of Aboriginal media and representation." Doris Baltruschat, School of Communication and Journalism, Carleton University
"An extremely important addition to the literature on television and First Nations people, that will appeal to the general reader - especially the rather large group of North of 60 fans." John Jackson, Centre for Broadcasting Studies, Concordia University
"The rigor of Miller's years of research provides substantial material for readers to reflect upon." Sandy Greer, University of Western Ontario