Description |
xvii, 258 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : from literary to cinematic ecocriticism / Paula Willoquet-Maricondi -- pt. I. Ecocinema as and for activism. Rhetoric of ascent in An inconvenient truth and Everything's cool / Mark Minster ; Shifting paradigms : from environmentalist films to ecocinema / Paula Willoquet-Maricondi ; Ecocinema, ecojustice, and indigenous worldviews : native and first nations media as cultural recovery / Jennifer A. Machiorlatti -- pt. II. Bodies that matter : environmental justice in fiction and documentary films. Testimonial structures in environmental justice films / Cory Shaman ; Disposable bodies : biocolonialism in The constant gardener and Dirty pretty things / Rachel Stein ; Engaging the land/positioning the spectator : environmental justice documentaries and Robert Redford's The horse whisperer and A river runs through it / Beth Berila -- pt. III. Positioning ecosystems in fiction, documentary, and animation. Landscape's lie : class, economy, and ecology in Hotel Rwanda / Harri Kilpi ; Fast, furious, and out of control : the erasure of natural landscapes in car culture films / Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann ; Screaming silence : constructions of nature in Werner Herzog's Grizzly man / Elizabeth Henry ; Bambi and Finding Nemo : a sense of wonder in the wonderful world of Disney? / Lynne Dickson Bruckner -- pt. IV. Art cinema eco-auteurs. Rules of the world : Japanese ecocinema and Kiyoshi Kurosawa / Tim Palmer ; Beyond the frame : the spirit of place in Peter Greenaway's The draughtsman's contract / Paula Willoquet-Maricondi. |
Subject |
Environmental protection and motion pictures.
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Environmental protection and motion pictures. |
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Human ecology in motion pictures.
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Human ecology in motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects. |
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Ecocriticism.
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Ecocriticism. |
Added Author |
Willoquet-Maricondi, Paula, 1960-
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ISBN |
9780813930060 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780813930053 cloth alkaline paper |
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0813930057 cloth alkaline paper |
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0813930065 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780813930664 e-book |
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0813930669 e-book |
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