Reel nature : America's romance with wildlife on film / Gregg Mitman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitman, Gregg.

Series:

Weyerhaeuser environmental classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature films--History and criticism.

Nature films.

Physical Description:

xv, 277 pages, 30 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2009]

Summary:

From the early exploits of Teddy Roosevelt in Africa to blockbuster films such as March of the Penguins, Gregg Mitman's Reel Nature reveals how changing values, scientific developments, and new technologies have come to shape American encounters with wildlife on and off the big screen. Whether crafted to elicit thrills or to educate audiences about the real-life drama of threatened wildlife, nature films then and now have had an enormous impact on how Americans see, think about, consume, and struggle to protect animals across the globe.

Winner of the History of Science Society's Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize in the History of Science.

Contents:

1 Hunting with the Camera 5

2 Science versus Showmanship on the Silent Screen 26

3 Zooming In on Animals' Private Lives 59

4 Wildlife Conservation through a Wide-Angle Lens 85

5 Disney's True-Life Adventures 109

6 Domesticating Nature on the Television Set 132

7 A Ringside Seat in the Making of a Pet Star 157

8 Global Visions, Tourist Dreams 180.

Notes:

Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-268) and index.

ISBN:

9780295988863

029598886X

OCLC:

268797352