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Robin L. Murray - Film and Everyday Eco-disasters - 9780803248748 - V9780803248748
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Film and Everyday Eco-disasters

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Description for Film and Everyday Eco-disasters Hardback. Examines changing perspectives toward everyday eco-disasters as reflected in the work of filmmakers from the silent era forward, with an emphasis on recent films such as Dead Ahead, an HBO dramatization of the Exxon Valdez disaster; and Total Recall, a science fiction action film highlighting oxygen as a commodity. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.

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 work of filmmakers from the silent era forward, with an emphasis on recent films such as Dead Ahead, an HBO dramatization of the Exxon Valdez disaster; Total Recall, a science ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803248748
SKU
V9780803248748
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About Robin L. Murray
Robin L. Murray is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University. Joseph K. Heumann is a professor emeritus of communication studies at Eastern Illinois University. Murray and Heumann are the coauthors of Ecology and Popular Film: Cinema on the Edge; That’s All Folks: Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features (Nebraska, 2011); and Gunfight at the Eco-Corral: Western Cinema and ... Read more

Reviews for Film and Everyday Eco-disasters
“The authors’ grasp of historical and legal context is top-notch and the book consistently connects the issues and arguments represented in the films to their potential to inspire environmental activism in the viewer. . . . A broad-based, historically detailed overview of its fascinating and relevant central theme.”—Carter Soles, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment  

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