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Transnational ecocinema : film culture in an era of ecological transformation /

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 e...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kääpä, Pietari, Gustafsson, Tommy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Intellect, 2013.
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  • 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.