Film and everyday eco-disasters / Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Robin L., author.

Heumann, Joseph K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection and motion pictures.

Ecology in motion pictures.

Documentary films--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

Documentary films--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 overconsumption and dependence on nonrenewable energy. Film and Everyday Eco-disasters examines changing perspectives toward everyday eco-disasters as reflected in the w

Contents:

Introduction: cinematic ecodisasters and our basic human needs

Human approaches to the ecology of air, water, and clothing. At the boiling point: the aesthetics of atmospheric pollution and climate change in documentary and feature films

James Bond and water wars in contemporary film: a new ecowarrior?

Ready to wear? from fashion to environmental justice

Ecodocumentaries and the rhetoric of food production. Contemporary ecofood films: the documentary tradition

Flipper? We're eating Flipper? documenting animals rights and environmental ethics at sea

Negative externalities of housing and energy industries

Give me shelter: the ecology of homes and homelessness

Activism in mountaintop removal films: turn off the lights for sustainability

The search for the "golden shrimp": the myth of interdependence in oil drilling films

Conclusion: can the film industry and the environmental movement mix?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780803255159

0803255152

9780803255142

0803255144

OCLC:

877868623