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Watching Wildlife (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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Watching Wildlife (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals So let's do it like they
do on the Discovery Channel. --Bloodhound Gang It has never been
easier for Americans to observe wild and exotic animals from the
comfort and safety of their couches. Several cable channels--Animal
Planet, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic
Channel--provide around-the-clock wildlife programming while the
traditional networks regularly broadcast animal documentaries,
late-night appearances by zoologists and their animal charges, and
sensationalistic specials about animals attacking hapless humans.
Though the ubiquity of animals on television is new, the genre of
the wildlife documentary is as old as cinema itself. In Watching
Wildlife, Cynthia Chris traces the history of the wildlife genre
from its origins in precinematic, colonial visual culture to its
contemporary status as flagship programming on global television
and explores evolving beliefs about, and attitudes toward, animal
subjects. Nature programming and films are consistently presented
as real and unmediated reflections of nature. But in Chris's
analysis of specific shows (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and
cable television's Crocodile Hunter) and film and television
history (the colonial cinema, the launch of Animal Planet), she
points out how--particularly in the genre's preoccupation with
mating and the favoritism bestowed on certain species--documentary
images of animals are and always have been about prevailing
ideologies about human gender, sexuality, and race. Ultimately,
Chris's sweeping and cogent account of the wildlife documentary
incorporates this frequently overlooked genre into broader debates
about media globalization, human-animalrelations, and popular
scientific discourse. Cynthia Chris is assistant professor of media
culture at the City University of New York's College of Staten
Island.
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Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2006 |
First published: |
March 2006 |
Authors: |
Cynthia Chris
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Dimensions: |
229 x 149 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
320 |
Edition: |
Annotated Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-4547-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Films, cinema >
General
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LSN: |
0-8166-4547-7 |
Barcode: |
9780816645473 |
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