Climate Trauma : Foreseeing the Future in Dystopian Film and Fiction /

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Examining a variety of films that imagine a catastrophic future, from Children of Men to The Book of Eli, E. Ann Kaplan considers how they have exacerbated our sense of impending dread, triggering what she terms "Pretraumatic Stress Disorder." But Climate Trauma also explores ways these fi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kaplan, E. Ann (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Psychic trauma in motion pictures.
Future, The, in motion pictures.
Dystopian films.
Climatic changes in motion pictures.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Critical Theory.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Futur au cinema.
Traumatisme psychique au cinema.
Climat > Changements, au cinema.
Films dystopiques > Histoire et critique.
Dystopian films > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Examining a variety of films that imagine a catastrophic future, from Children of Men to The Book of Eli, E. Ann Kaplan considers how they have exacerbated our sense of impending dread, triggering what she terms "Pretraumatic Stress Disorder." But Climate Trauma also explores ways these films might help us productively engage with our anxieties about climate change, giving us a prophetic glimpse of the terrifying future selves we might still work to avoid becoming.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813564012

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