Representing the Environment (Hardcover)

Few developments in 20th-century thought owe more to the power of the written and visual image than the environmental movement. Depictions of despoiled landscapes, trees dying from the effects of acid rain, seabirds coated in oil after tanker accidents and other, similarly emotive representations are memorable images that have played an important role in awakening environmental consciousness. Each day we are bombarded with countless representations of familiar and less familiar environments. This book offers an introductory guide through the representations of the environment found in everyday life encounters, in nature, culture, representation, landscape, art and in the media. Featuring case studies from across Europe, America, Japan, Australia and elsewhere, the book explains how to interpret historic and contemporary representations and explores major themes in their development: the rural idyll, wilderness, advertising, television, and artists and their collaboration with environmental movements. Environmental representations offer an important means of understanding environmental attitudes, values, and decision-making. The book introduces recent representations and outlines em

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Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts
Release date:	July 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	John R. Gold • George Revill
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-14589-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	0-415-14589-9
Barcode:	9780415145893

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