Robin L Murray, Joseph K Heumann

Film & Everyday Eco-Disasters

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Produktbeschreibung

Robin L. Murray is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University. Joseph K. Heumann is a professor emeritus of communication studies at Eastern Illinois University. Murray and Heumann are the coauthors of Ecology and Popular Film: Cinema on the Edge; That¿s All Folks: Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features (Nebraska, 2011); and Gunfight at the Eco-Corral: Western Cinema and the Environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 501g
• ISBN-13: 9780803248748
• ISBN-10: 0803248741
• Artikelnr.: 40139463

Autorenporträt

Robin L. Murray is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University. Joseph K. Heumann is a professor emeritus of communication studies at Eastern Illinois University. Murray and Heumann are the coauthors of Ecology and Popular Film: Cinema on the Edge; That's All Folks: Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features (Nebraska, 2011); and Gunfight at the Eco-Corral: Western Cinema and the Environment.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Cinematic Ecodisasters and Our Basic Human Needs
Part 1: Human Approaches to the Ecology of Air, Water, and Clothing
1. At the Boiling Point: The Aesthetics of Atmospheric Pollution and
Climate Change in Documentary and Feature Films
2. James Bond and Water Wars in Contemporary Film: A New Ecowarrior?
3. Ready to Wear? From Fashion to Environmental Justice
Part 2: Ecodocumentaries and the Rhetoric of Food Production
4. Contemporary Ecofood Films: The Documentary Tradition
5. Flipper? We’re Eating Flipper? Documenting Animals Rights and
Environmental Ethics at Sea
Part 3: Negative Externalities of Housing and Energy Industries
6. Give Me Shelter: The Ecology of Homes and Homelessness
7. Activism in Mountaintop Removal Films: Turn Off the Lights for
Sustainability
8. The Search for the “Golden Shrimp”: The Myth of Interdependence in Oil
Drilling Films
Conclusion: Can the Film Industry and the Environmental Movement Mix?
Filmography
Works Cited
Index