Film and Everyday Eco-disasters.

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Eco-disasters such as coal-mining accidents, oil spills, and food-borne diseases appear regularly in the news, making them seem nearly commonplace. These ecological crises highlight the continual tensions between human needs and the environmental impact these needs produce. Contemporary documentarie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murray, Robin L.
Other Authors: Heumann, Joseph K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2014.
Subjects:
Environmental protection and motion pictures.
Ecology in motion pictures.
Documentary films > History and criticism.
Documentary films > Influence.
Protection de l'environnement et cinéma.
Documentaires > Histoire et critique.
Documentaires > Influence.
Documentary films
Ecology in motion pictures
Environmental protection and motion pictures
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Human Approaches to the Ecology of Air, Water, and Clothing; 1. At the Boiling Point; 2. James Bond and Water Wars in Contemporary Film; 3. Ready to Wear?; Part 2: Eco-documentaries and the Rhetoric of Food Production; 4. Contemporary Eco-food Films; 5. Flipper? We're Eating Flipper?; Part 3: Negative Externalities of Housing and Energy Industries; 6. Give Me Shelter; 7. Activism in Mountaintop Removal Films; 8. The Search for the "Golden Shrimp"; Conclusion; Filmography; Works Cited.

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