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- A comprehensive examination of contemporary ecocinema studies,
exploring key developments in the field over the last decade. -
Global and diverse in its coverage, featuring contributions that
address cinemas from Latin America, Africa, and East and South
Asia, as well as Indigenous and Black communities in the US.
This book addresses the intersections between the interdisciplinary
realms of Ecocriticism and Indigenous and Native American Studies,
and between academic theory and pragmatic eco-activism conducted by
multiethnic and indigenous communities. It illuminates the
multi-layered, polyvocal ways in which artistic expressions render
ecological connections, drawing on scholars working in
collaboration with Indigenous artists from all walks of life,
including film, literature, performance, and other forms of
multimedia to expand existing conversations. Both local and global
in its focus, the volume includes essays from multiethnic and
Indigenous communities across the world, visiting topics such as
Navajo opera, Sami film production history, south Indian tribal
documentary, Maori art installations, Native American and First
Nations science-fiction literature and film, Amazonian poetry, and
many others. Highlighting trans-Indigenous sensibilities that speak
to worldwide crises of environmental politics and action against
marginalization, the collection alerts readers to movements of
community resilience and resistance, cosmological thinking about
inter- and intra-generational multi-species relations, and
understandings of indigenous aesthetics and material ecologies. It
engages with emerging environmental concepts such as multispecies
ethnography, cosmopolitics, and trans-indigeneity, as well as with
new areas of ecocritical research such as material ecocriticism,
biosemiotics, and media studies. In its breadth and scope, this
book promises new directions for ecocritical thought and
environmental humanities practice, providing thought-provoking
insight into what it means to be human in a locally situated,
globally networked, and cosmologically complex world.
- A comprehensive examination of contemporary ecocinema studies,
exploring key developments in the field over the last decade. -
Global and diverse in its coverage, featuring contributions that
address cinemas from Latin America, Africa, and East and South
Asia, as well as Indigenous and Black communities in the US.
This book addresses the intersections between the interdisciplinary
realms of Ecocriticism and Indigenous and Native American Studies,
and between academic theory and pragmatic eco-activism conducted by
multiethnic and indigenous communities. It illuminates the
multi-layered, polyvocal ways in which artistic expressions render
ecological connections, drawing on scholars working in
collaboration with Indigenous artists from all walks of life,
including film, literature, performance, and other forms of
multimedia to expand existing conversations. Both local and global
in its focus, the volume includes essays from multiethnic and
Indigenous communities across the world, visiting topics such as
Navajo opera, Sami film production history, south Indian tribal
documentary, Maori art installations, Native American and First
Nations science-fiction literature and film, Amazonian poetry, and
many others. Highlighting trans-Indigenous sensibilities that speak
to worldwide crises of environmental politics and action against
marginalization, the collection alerts readers to movements of
community resilience and resistance, cosmological thinking about
inter- and intra-generational multi-species relations, and
understandings of indigenous aesthetics and material ecologies. It
engages with emerging environmental concepts such as multispecies
ethnography, cosmopolitics, and trans-indigeneity, as well as with
new areas of ecocritical research such as material ecocriticism,
biosemiotics, and media studies. In its breadth and scope, this
book promises new directions for ecocritical thought and
environmental humanities practice, providing thought-provoking
insight into what it means to be human in a locally situated,
globally networked, and cosmologically complex world.
Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the
burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the
interface between environmental issues and the media globally.
Linking the world of media production, distribution, and
consumption to environmental understandings, the book addresses
ecological meanings encoded in media texts, the environmental
impacts of media production, and the relationships between media
and cultural perceptions of the environment. Each chapter
introduces a distinct type of media, addressing it in a theoretical
overview before engaging with specific case studies. In this way,
the book provides an accessible introduction to each form of media
as well as a sophisticated analysis of relevant cases. The book
includes contributions from a combination of new voices and
well-established media scholars from across the globe who examine
the basic concepts and key issues of ecomedia studies. The concepts
of "frames," "flow", and "convergence" structure a dynamic
collection divided into three parts. The first part addresses
traditional visual texts, such as comics, photography, and film.
The second part of the book addresses traditional broadcast media,
such as radio, and television, and the third part looks at new
media, such as advertising, video games, the internet, and digital
renderings of scientific data. In its breadth and scope, Ecomedia:
Key Issues presents a unique survey of rich scholarship at the
confluence of Media Studies and Environmental Studies. The book is
written in an engaging and accessible style, with each chapter
including case studies, discussion questions and suggestions for
further reading.
Ecocinema Theory and Practice is the first collection of its
kind-an anthology that offers a comprehensive introduction to the
rapidly growing field of eco-film criticism, a branch of critical
scholarship that investigates cinema's intersections with
environmental understandings. It references seminal readings
through cutting edge research and is designed as an introduction to
the field as well as a sourcebook. It defines ecocinema studies,
sketches its development over the past twenty years, provides
theoretical frameworks for moving forward, and presents eloquent
examples of the practice of eco-film criticism through essays
written by the field's leading and emerging scholars. From
explicitly environmental films such as Werner Herzong's Grizzly Man
and Roland Emmerich's The Day After Tomorrow to less obvious
examples like Errol Morris's Fast, Cheap & Out of Control and
Christopher Nolan's Inception, the pieces in this collection
comprehensively interrogate the breadth of ecocinema. Ecocinema
Theory and Practice also directs readers to further study through
lists of recommended readings, professional organizations, and
relevant periodicals.
Ecocinema Theory and Practice is the first collection of its
kind-an anthology that offers a comprehensive introduction to the
rapidly growing field of eco-film criticism, a branch of critical
scholarship that investigates cinema's intersections with
environmental understandings. It references seminal readings
through cutting edge research and is designed as an introduction to
the field as well as a sourcebook. It defines ecocinema studies,
sketches its development over the past twenty years, provides
theoretical frameworks for moving forward, and presents eloquent
examples of the practice of eco-film criticism through essays
written by the field's leading and emerging scholars. From
explicitly environmental films such as Werner Herzong's Grizzly Man
and Roland Emmerich's The Day After Tomorrow to less obvious
examples like Errol Morris's Fast, Cheap & Out of Control and
Christopher Nolan's Inception, the pieces in this collection
comprehensively interrogate the breadth of ecocinema. Ecocinema
Theory and Practice also directs readers to further study through
lists of recommended readings, professional organizations, and
relevant periodicals.
Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the
burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the
interface between environmental issues and the media globally.
Linking the world of media production, distribution, and
consumption to environmental understandings, the book addresses
ecological meanings encoded in media texts, the environmental
impacts of media production, and the relationships between media
and cultural perceptions of the environment. Each chapter
introduces a distinct type of media, addressing it in a theoretical
overview before engaging with specific case studies. In this way,
the book provides an accessible introduction to each form of media
as well as a sophisticated analysis of relevant cases. The book
includes contributions from a combination of new voices and
well-established media scholars from across the globe who examine
the basic concepts and key issues of ecomedia studies. The concepts
of "frames," "flow", and "convergence" structure a dynamic
collection divided into three parts. The first part addresses
traditional visual texts, such as comics, photography, and film.
The second part of the book addresses traditional broadcast media,
such as radio, and television, and the third part looks at new
media, such as advertising, video games, the internet, and digital
renderings of scientific data. In its breadth and scope, Ecomedia:
Key Issues presents a unique survey of rich scholarship at the
confluence of Media Studies and Environmental Studies. The book is
written in an engaging and accessible style, with each chapter
including case studies, discussion questions and suggestions for
further reading.
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