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Environmentalism in Popular Culture: Gender, Race, Sexuality, and the Politics of the Natural
Noël Sturgeon
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
In this thoughtful and highly readable book, Noël Sturgeon illustrates the myriad and insidious ways in which American popular culture depicts social inequities as “natural” and how our images of “nature” interfere with creating solutions to environmental problems that are just and fair for all. Why is it, she wonders, that environmentalist messages in popular culture so often “naturalise” themes of heroic male violence, suburban nuclear family structures, and U.S. dominance in the world? And what do these patterns of thought mean for how we envision environmental solutions, like “green” businesses, recycling programs, and the protection of threatened species?
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In this thoughtful and highly readable book, Noël Sturgeon illustrates the myriad and insidious ways in which American popular culture depicts social inequities as “natural” and how our images of “nature” interfere with creating solutions to environmental problems that are just and fair for all. Why is it, she wonders, that environmentalist messages in popular culture so often “naturalise” themes of heroic male violence, suburban nuclear family structures, and U.S. dominance in the world? And what do these patterns of thought mean for how we envision environmental solutions, like “green” businesses, recycling programs, and the protection of threatened species?
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816525812
SKU
V9780816525812
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