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James Scott Forsyth

Department of Politics

Professor Emeritus

Office: Centre For Film & Theatre, 238
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 22164
Email: sforsyth@yorku.ca


Professor Scott Forsyth has published on the politics of Hollywood films, Marxist cultural theory, third world film and film in Canada. He is a founding editor of the film studies journal CineAction. He is currently working on a research project on culture and Canadian Communists in the thirties and a manuscript on contemporary Hollywood, American imperialism and Cold War and post-Cold War ideologies. He is based in the Department of Film and is cross-appointed to the Department of Political Science. Research Interests: Marxist cultural and aesthetic theory; film history, media politics, film in Canada , the United States and the third world.

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Degrees

PhD, York Univeristy
MA, York University
BA, Trent University

Appointments

Faculty of Fine Arts

Research Interests

Film , Media Politics

Professor Scott Forsyth has published on the politics of Hollywood films, Marxist cultural theory, third world film and film in Canada. He is a founding editor of the film studies journal CineAction. He is currently working on a research project on culture and Canadian Communists in the thirties and a manuscript on contemporary Hollywood, American imperialism and Cold War and post-Cold War ideologies. He is based in the Department of Film and is cross-appointed to the Department of Political Science. Research Interests: Marxist cultural and aesthetic theory; film history, media politics, film in Canada , the United States and the third world.

Degrees

PhD, York Univeristy
MA, York University
BA, Trent University

Appointments

Faculty of Fine Arts

Research Interests

Film , Media Politics