ISBN:
9780859899192
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 230 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Representing American culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ingram, David, 1959 - Green screen
DDC:
791.43/66
Keywords:
Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States
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Electronic books
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Nature in motion pictures
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Motion pictures Social aspects
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United States
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Electronic books
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Film
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Umweltethik
Abstract:
〈BR〉This book combines film studies with environmental history and politics, aiming to establish a cultural criticism informed by 'green' thought. David Ingram argues that Hollywood cinema has largely perpetuated romantic attitudes to nature and has played an important ideological role in the 'greenwashing' of ecological discourses. 〈BR〉〈P〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Melodrama, Realism and Environmental Crisis; I. Wilderness in Hollywood Cinema; Chapter 1: Discourses of Nature and Environmentalism; Chapter 2: The Cinematography of Wilderness Landscapes; Chapter 3: Gender and Encounters with Wilderness; Chapter 4: Ecological Indians and the Myth of Primal Purity; Chapter 5: The Politics of the Amazonian Rain Forests; II. Wild Animals in Hollywood Cinema; Introduction; Chapter 6: North American Anti-Hunting Narratives; Chapter 7: North American Ocean Fauna
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8: Wolves and BearsChapter 9: African Wildlife from Safari to Conservation; III. Development and the Politics of Land Use; Introduction; Chapter 10: Country and City; Chapter 11: The Ecology of Automobile Culture; Chapter 12: The Risks of Nuclear Power; Conclusion; Notes; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
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