Enviro-toons : green themes in animated cinema and television / Deidre M. Pike.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pike, Deidre M., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism in motion pictures.

Human ecology in motion pictures.

Animated films--History and criticism.

Animated films.

Environmentalism on television.

Human ecology on television.

Animated television programs--History and criticism.

Animated television programs.

Physical Description:

vii, 203 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

"This book takes an ecrocritical approach to analytical readings of animated feature films, short subjects and television shows. Beginning with the "simply subversive" environmental messages in cartoons of the 1920s to including the works of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. The appendix provides a list of film and television titles honored with the Environmental Media Award for Animation"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: ecocriticism and animation

Simply subversive-Felix the cat

Fear and loathing in Bambi

Hand-drawn Homer, a comic hero in The Simpsons movie

Futurama's ecofeminist reading room

Farting hybrids in South Park's rainforest

Tap dance of the penguins

Hovering humanity in Wall-E

Waking up from Avatar

Deep ecologies of Hayao Miyazaki

Animation energy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index.

ISBN:

9780786465927

0786465921

OCLC:

761369400