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  • Eco-Teen Films

    by Robin L. Murray, Joseph K. Heumann ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Film Studies
    Illuminating the impacts of environmental disasters and climate crises globally, this book examines the experiences of teens grappling with eco-disasters and issues in films of the twenty-first century.With an emphasis on teen activism, international settings and filmmakers, and marginalized perspectives, this book showcases teens on film that are struggling with present and future everyday eco ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Film, Environment, Comedy

    Eco-Comedies on the Big Screen

    by Robin L. Murray, Joseph K. Heumann ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Film Studies
    This book explores the transformative power of comedy to help connect a wider audience to films that explore environmental concerns and issues.This book offers a space in which to explore the complex ways environmental comedies present their eco-arguments. With an organizational structure that reveals the evolution of both eco-comedy films and theoretical approaches, this book project aims to fill ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Gunfight at the Eco-Corral

    Western Cinema and the Environment

    by Robin L. Murray, Joseph K. Heumann ...
    Most film critics point to classic conflicts—good versus evil, right versus wrong, civilization versus savagery—as defining themes of the American Western. In this provocative examination of Westerns from Tumbleweeds (1925) to Rango (2011), Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann argue for a more expansive view that moves beyond traditional conflicts to encompass environmental themes and struggles. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Monstrous Nature

    Environment and Horror on the Big Screen

    by Robin L. Murray, Joseph K. Heumann ...
    Godzilla, a traditional natural monster and representation of cinema’s subgenre of natural attack, also provides a cautionary symbol of the dangerous consequences of mistreating the natural world—monstrous nature on the attack. Horror films such as Godzilla invite an exploration of the complexities of a monstrous nature that humanity both creates and embodies.Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Film and Everyday Eco-disasters

    by Robin L. Murray, Joseph K. Heumann ...
    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 documentaries and feature films explore environmental-human conflicts by depicting the consequences of our ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Ecocinema in the City

    by Joseph K. Heumann, Robin L. Murray ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Film Studies
    In Ecocinema in the City, Murray and Heumann argue that urban ecocinema both reveals and critiques visions of urban environmentalism. The book emphasizes the increasingly transformative power of nature in urban settings, explored in both documentaries and fictional films such as Children Underground, White Dog, Hatari! and Lives Worth Living. The first two sections—"Evolutionary Myths Under the ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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  • Framing the World

    Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film

    Edited by Paula Willoquet-Maricondi ...
    Series series Under the Sign of Nature
    The essays in this collection make a contribution to the greening of film studies and expand the scope of ecocriticism as a discipline traditionally rooted in literary studies. In addition to highlighting particular films as productive tools for raising awareness and educating us about environmental issues, Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film encourages its readers to become ... Read more

    $33.79 USD

  • Saving Time

    Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture

    by Jenny Odell ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The visionary author of How to Do Nothing returns to challenge the notion that ‘time is money.’ . . . Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing.”—Esquire“One of the most important books I’ve read in my life.”—Ed Yong, author of An Immense WorldA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, Chicago Public Library, Electric Lit</... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Bad Environmentalism

    Irony and Irreverence in the Ecological Age

    by Nicole Seymour ...
    Traces a tradition of ironic and irreverent environmentalism, asking us to rethink the movement’s reputation for gloom and doomActivists today strive to educate the public about climate change, but sociologists have found that the more we know about alarming issues, the less likely we are to act. Meanwhile, environmentalists have acquired a reputation as gloom-and-doom killjoys. Bad ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Landscape and the Environment in Hollywood Film

    The Green Machine

    by Ellen E. Moore ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book systematically explores how popular Hollywood film portrays environmental issues through various genres. In so doing, it reveals the influence exerted by media consolidation and the drive for profit on Hollywood’s portrayal of the natural landscape, which ultimately shapes how environmental problems and their solutions are presented to audiences. Analysis is framed by a consideration of ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Working-Class Comic Book Heroes

    Class Conflict and Populist Politics in Comics

    Edited by Marc DiPaolo ...
    Contributions by Phil Bevin, Blair Davis, Marc DiPaolo, Michele Fazio, James Gifford, Kelly Kanayama, Orion Ussner Kidder, Christina M. Knopf, Kevin Michael Scott, Andrew Alan Smith, and Terrence R. WandtkeIn comic books, superhero stories often depict working-class characters who struggle to make ends meet, lead fulfilling lives, and remain faithful to themselves and their own personal code of ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Uneven Futures

    Strategies for Community Survival from Speculative Fiction

    Edited by Ida Yoshinaga, Sean Guynes, Gerry Canavan ...
    Essays on speculative/science fiction explore the futures that feed our most cherished fantasies and terrifying nightmares, while helping diverse communities devise new survival strategies for a tough millennium.The explosion in speculative/science fiction (SF) across different media from the late twentieth century to the present has compelled those in the field of SF studies to rethink the ... Read more

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