Transnational ecocinema: film culture in an era of ecological transformation
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bristol Intellect 2013
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Beschreibung:Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; PART I: Introduction to Transnational Ecocinema; Introduction: Transnational Ecocinema in an age of Ecological Transformation; Transnational Approaches to Ecocinema: Charting an Expansive Field; PART II: Documentary Politics and the Ecological Imagination; Colourful Screens: Water Imaginaries in Documentaries from China and Taiwan; From My Fancy High Heels to Useless Clothing: 'Interconnectedness' and Ecocritical Issues in Transnational Documentaries; Ecocinema and 'Good Life' in Latin America
Dimensions of Humanity in Earthlings (2005) and Encounters atthe End of the World (2007)PART III: Popular Film and Ecology; China Has a Natural Environment, Too!: Consumerist andIdeological Ecoimaginaries in the Cinema of Feng Xiaogang; And the Oscar Goes to ... Ecoheroines, Ecoheros and the Development ofEcothemes from The China Syndrome (1979) to GasLand (2010); PART IV: (In)Sustainable Footprint Of Cinema; Climate Change Films: Fear and Agency Appeals; Envisaging Environmental Change: Foregrounding Place in Three AustralianEcomedia Initiatives
Afterword-Towards a Transnational Understanding of the AnthropoceneContributor Details; Index; Back Cover
Until recently, discussion of Hollywood film has dominated much of the contemporary dialogue on ecocriticism and the cinema. Transnational Ecocinema, open up the critical debate to look at a larger variety of films from many different countries and cultures. By foregrounding these films with their economic and political contexts, the contributors offer a more comprehensive and nuanced look at the role of place in ecocinema. The essays also interrogate proposed global solutions to environmental issues by presenting an ecocritical perspective on different film and cultural considerations from ar
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:238 pages
ISBN:9781783201280
1783201282
9781841507293
1841507296

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