
Film and Everyday Eco-disasters.
Title:
Film and Everyday Eco-disasters.
Author:
Murray, Robin L.
ISBN:
9780803255159
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (171 pages)
Contents:
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 -- Index -- About the Authors.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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